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Sarcopyramis subramanii Nayar (Melastomataceae) has only been collected once in India, from the Lushai Hills in Mizoram state in 1926. We found this species 94 years after the collection of the type material. We present a detailed taxonomic description, photographs, and a map of the distribution of this species. A comparison of S. subramanii with the allied S. nepalensis Wall. is provided to facilitate its identification.

During a floristic exploration of the Ultapani forest under in Chirang Reserve Forest, part of the Manas Biosphere Reserve in Assam, India, a specimen of Sarcopy ramis species was collected. The populations were found in a moist, shady, streamside habitat of Ultapani forest in Kokrajhar District, Assam. A critical examination of our specimen, study of the literature (Clarke 1879;Nayar 1967;Singh et al. 2002), and consultation of a herbarium specimen in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K) revealed that our specimen is Sarcopyramis subramanii. The species is distinguished from the most similar species, S. nepalensis, in Table 1.

Methods
The specimens have been preserved following standard herbarium techniques (Jain and Rao 1977). The species identification was confirmed by consulting herbarium sheets in the digital herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens (K) (herbarium acronyms from Thiers 2018). The voucher specimens are deposited in the Botanical Survey of India (BSI), Shillong (ASSAM), and Bodoland University Herbarium (BUH), Kokrajhar, Assam. The photographs were made with a Leica EZ4 HD stereomicroscope with LED lighting. The distribution map of the species was prepared using ArcGIS 10.5 (Fig. 1).
Flowering and fruiting. August to September.
Conservation status. Based on population observed during field surveys and evaluation of available literature we suggest that the species S. subramanii is Data Deficient category (IUCN 2019).

Discussion
The type locality of S. subramanii is from Tieck, Lushai Hills district of Mizoram, India, and it was collected by A.D. Parry in the year 1926. However, the specimen was misidentified as S. nepalensis. Nayar (1967) established S. subramanii on the basis of Parry's collection (collection no. 54) and designated it as holotype. Singh et al. (2002), reported S. nepalensis in Flora of Mizoram and cited Parry's collection 54.