05Apr 2019

ROTALA BAILEYANA SP.NOV. (LYTHRACEAE) FROM KERALA, INDIA.

  • Department of Botany, CMS College Kottayam (Autonomous), Kerala, India-686001.
  • Department of Botany, St. Thomas College (Autonomous), Thrissur, Kerala, India.
  • National Centre for Earth Science Studies, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Akkulam,Thiruvananthapuram.
  • Department of Botany, St Xaviers College for Women, Aluva, Kerala, India.
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Rotala baileyana, a new species of Lythraceae, collected from temporary pools on lateritic hills in Kasaragod district of Kerala, India is described and illustrated. It is similar to R. tulunadensis but differs by its annual habit, oblong-obovate submerged leaves with entire margin; oblong-obovate aerial leaves with retuse apex and clasping base; 2-6 mm pedicels, absence of bract; triangular-falcate bracteole; presence of nectory gland in the joining of calyx lobes, calyx tube wing with a constriction and projection below the lobes, elliptic-oblong petals with retuse apex; red anther lobes with broad connective.

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[Rogimon P Thomas, Joby Paul, Rameshan M., Nisha P. and Ignatius Antony. (2019); ROTALA BAILEYANA SP.NOV. (LYTHRACEAE) FROM KERALA, INDIA. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 7 (Apr). 669-673] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Rogimon P. Thomas
Department of Botany, CMS College Kottayam (Autonomous), Kerala, India.-686001

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/8869      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/8869

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