Karyomorphological Analysis of Erinocarpus, a Monotypic Endemic Genus from Western Ghats of India

Erinocarpus Nimmo ex J. Graham a monotypic endemic genus from Western Ghats represented by E. nimmonii J. Graham is distributed in central and northern Western Ghats. The present paper describes the distribution, meiotic count, mitotic count and karyotype analysis of the genus. The somatic chromosome number (2n)=48 and meiotic chromosome number (n)=24 are reported for the first time. The karyotype is of 2A Stebbins category of asymmetry and the karyotype formula is categorised as 2n=48=20m+28sm (2 SAT).