NYMPHOIDES BALAKRISHNANII SP. NOV. (MENYANTHACEAE), A NEW SPECIES FROM THE LATERITIC PLATEAU OF SOUTHERN WESTERN GHATS, INDIA.
- Department of Botany, Government College, Kasaragod, Vidyanagar P.O., Kasaragod – 671123, Kerala, India.
- Department of Botany, Government Brennan College Thalassery, Dharmadam P.O., Kannur – 670106, Kerala, India.
- Department of Applied Botany, Mangalore University, Konaje P.O., Mangalore – 574199, Karnataka, India.
- Department of Botany, St. Thomas College, Pala, Arunapuram P.O, Pala – 686574, Kerala, India.
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Abstract
A new species Nymphoides balakrishnanii, collected from seasonal pond in the Southern Western ghats, India is described and illustrated. The new species is related to the Nymphoides parvifolia in the habit, tetramerous flowers and tuberculate seeds but differs in broad wings and long hairs on the petals, oblique and introrse anthers, included stigma, bearded hypogynous glands and larger fruiting calyx.
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Biju P., Josekutty E. J., Muhammed Haneef K. A and Jomy Augustine. (2016); NYMPHOIDES BALAKRISHNANII SP. NOV. (MENYANTHACEAE), A NEW SPECIES FROM THE LATERITIC PLATEAU OF SOUTHERN WESTERN GHATS, INDIA., International Journal of Advanced Research (IJAR), 4 (07), 799-803, ISSN 2320-5407. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/945
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