Vol. 3 (10) pp. 1086-1090

MEMECYLON KURICHIARENSIS (MELASTOMATACEAE), A NEW SPECIES FROM THE WESTERN GHATS, INDIA

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  • 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, Int. J. of Adv. Res., 3 (10), 1086-1090, ISSN 2320-5407.

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