Rolla Seshagiri Rao, Indian botanist (19 August 1921 – Delhi Noida 23 February 2015) With V.H. Kapadia, Sukh Dev & M.Y. Ansari discovered that the alkaloid colchicine could be sourced from Iphigenia stellata for commercial purposes (patented in 1971) DESCRIBED PLANTAE SPECIES Blumea venkataramanii 1973 with Hemadri Chonemorpha pedicellata 1953 Cyanotis arcotensis 1967 Cyanotis cerifolia 1966 with Kammathy Glyphochloa goaensis 1968 with Hemadri Iphigenia magnifica 1979 with Ansari Iphigenia sahyadrica 1979 with Ansari Pimpinella katrajensis 1976 with Hemadri Pollia hasskarlii 1964 Rubus ghanakantae 1972 with Joseph Tricarpelema glanduliferum with Joseph HONORS Seshagiria Ansari & Hemadri 1971 (Asclepiadaceae)
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