| Litsea beddomei | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Laurales |
| Family: | Lauraceae |
| Genus: | Litsea |
| Species: | L. beddomei |
| Binomial name | |
| Litsea beddomei | |
Litsea beddomei is a species of plant in the family Lauraceae. It is endemic to India.
Colonel Richard Henry Beddome was a British military officer and naturalist in India, who became chief conservator of the Madras Forest Department. In the mid-19th century, he extensively surveyed several remote and then-unexplored hill ranges in Sri Lanka and south India, including those in the Eastern Ghats such as Yelandur, Kollegal, Shevaroy Hills, Yelagiri, Nallamala Hills, Visakhapatnam hills, and the Western Ghats such as Nilgiri hills, Anaimalai hills, Agasthyamalai Hills and Kudremukh. He described many species of plants, amphibians, and reptiles from southern India and Sri Lanka, and several species from this region described by others bear his name.
The Nilgiri keelback, also known commonly as Beddome's keelback, is a species of snake found in the Western Ghats in India. The species is named after Richard Henry Beddome, 1830–1911, British army officer and botanist. It was first discovered near the Nilgiris but is now known more widely from the Western Ghats. This snake is terrestrial and feeds on toads.
Boiga beddomei, commonly known as Beddome's cat snake, is a species of rear-fanged snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the Western Ghats of India, in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa states.
Beddome's coral snake is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to hills of peninsular India.
Beddome's day gecko is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to India.
Ophisops beddomei, commonly known as Beddome's snake-eye or Beddome’ s lacerta, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is a diurnal and fast-moving terrestrial lizard, which is endemic to the Western Ghats of India.
Sharma's mabuya is a species of skinks found in India. It was described by Sharma (1969) from hills south of Vijaypuri on the right bank of the river Krishna in Andhra Pradesh.
Cycas beddomei is a species of cycad in the genus Cycas, native to India, where it is confined to a small area of Andhra Pradesh state in the Tirumala Hills in scrubland and brush covered hills.
Ichthyophis beddomei is a species of caecilian in the family Ichthyophiidae. This species is distributed widely in the Western Ghats in southern India. The nominal species might be a composite of several cryptic species. It is also known as the yellow-striped caecilian, Beddome's caecilian, or Nilgherries caecilian.
Phayre's leaf monkey, also known as Phayre's langur, is a species of lutung native to Southeast Asia, including India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, and China. It is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List and is threatened by hunting and loss of habitat. The species epithet commemorates Arthur Purves Phayre.
Cynometra beddomei is a species of tree in the family Fabaceae. It was described from a single tree in the Kerala Western Ghats of India. In 1998 it was declared extinct as it had never been seen again since 1870.
The lesser woolly horseshoe bat, also called Beddome's horseshoe bat, is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is found in India and Sri Lanka. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, caves, and urban areas. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Litsea dilleniifolia is a species of plant in the family Lauraceae. It is endemic to China. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Litsea glaberrima is a species of plant in the family Lauraceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.
Litsea ligustrina is a species of plant in the family Lauraceae. It is native to Kerala and Tamil Nadu in India.
Litsea longifolia is a species of plant in the family Lauraceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. It is known as "rath keliya - රත් කෙලිය" in Sinhala.
Litsea nigrescens is a species of plant in the family Lauraceae. It is endemic to India.
Litsea travancorica is a species of plant in the family Lauraceae. It is endemic to India.
Psychotria beddomei is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Kerala in India.
Syzygium beddomei is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is endemic to Tamil Nadu in India.
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