MEMECYLON KURICHIARENSIS (MELASTOMATACEAE), A NEW SPECIES FROM THE WESTERN GHATS, INDIA
- Department of Botany, NSS College Nilamel, Nilamel. PO, Kollam -691535, Kerala, India.
- MPhil Botany, University College, Thiruvananthapuram -695634, Kerala, India.
- Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode, Karimankode PO, Thiruvananthapuram - 695562, Kerala, India
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Abstract
Memecylon kurichiarensis Sivu, Aswathi. P et N. S. Pradeep, a new species of Melastomataceae collected from the high altitude shola forest in Wayanad district, Kerala, India is described and illustrated. The species resembles Memecylon lawsoni Gamble and M. wayanadense Ratheesh & al., but clearly distinct by the profuse habit, oblong-lanceolate to narrowly elliptic-lanceolate leaves with acuminate or obtuse to retuse apex, flowers with fairly long pedicels etc.
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A. R. Sivu, Aswathi, P. 2, T. Shaju, N. S. Pradeep and E.S. Santhosh Kumar (2015); MEMECYLON KURICHIARENSIS (MELASTOMATACEAE), A NEW SPECIES FROM THE WESTERN GHATS, INDIA, International Journal of Advanced Research (IJAR), 3 (10), 1086-1090, ISSN 2320-5407.
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