Research Article | Published: 31 December 2025

Taxonomy and threat status of four Indian endemic Eugenia species  

Madappallam Ramakrishnan Pradhyumnan and Chidambaram Murugan

Indian Journal of Forestry | Volume: 48 | Issue: 3 | Page No. 224-231 | 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2025-5Z4V49 | Cite this article

Abstract

Myrtaceae is considered an important plant family in India in terms of endemism and economic significance. The endemism is aggregated into two genera namely Syzygium Gaertn. and Eugenia L. Range-restricted endemic Eugenia species such as E. agasthiyamalayana Gopalan & Murugan, E. manickamiana Murugan, E. seithurensis Gopalan & S.R. Sriniv. and E. shettyana Murugan & Gopalan are distributed in southern Western Ghats. The threat status of these species was assessed using IUCN Red list criteria based on the available occurrence records. All species selected here are placed under threatened categories and the population of these species are experiencing various threats in their habitats. This suggests an urgent need to initiate conservation actions and monitor the populations of these narrowly distributed endemic taxa of the genus Eugenia in the wild.

Keywords

Area of Occupancy, Critically Endangered, Extent of Occurrence, Endemism, Red list, Vulnerable

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Pradhyumnan, M.R. and Murugan, C., 2025. Taxonomy and threat status of four Indian endemic Eugenia species  . Indian Journal of Forestry, 48(3), pp.224-231. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2025-5Z4V49

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Manuscript Received on 07 January 2025

Manuscript Revised on 14 October 2025

Manuscript Accepted on 15 December 2025

Manuscript Published on 31 December 2025

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