Sam Paul Mathew

Rotala andamanensis is a lesser-known endemic wetland plant species of the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal belonging to the family Lythraceae. The type locality of this species is Wright Myo, the southern slope of the Mount Harriet Hill ranges. This is a rather rare species found to occur along the wetland area of the region. The specimens were originally collected by Balakrishnan of the Botanical Survey of India and described by Sam Mathew and Lakshminarashimhan of the same institution in 1992.

Drypetes ellisii is a lesser known endemic tree in the family Putranjivaceae described from the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal. The type locality of this species is Mount Harriet National Park. This taxon is rather rare. It grows up to 10 m in height.

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Symplocos nicolsonii is a species of evergreen tree in the family Symplocaceae. It is endemic to Western Ghats in India. The species was named after the noted botanical taxonomist Dan H. Nicolson.

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