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A NEW SPECIES OF TINOSPORA (MENISPERMACEAE) FROM SOUTH INDIA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2009

P. S. Udayan ,
A. K. Pradeep  and
Indira Balachandran
P. S. Udayan
Affiliation:
Centre for Medicinal Plants Research (CMPR), Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, 676 503, Malappuram, Kerala, India. E-mail for correspondence: psudayan@rediffmail.com
A. K. Pradeep
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, Calicut University, 673 635, Kerala, India.
Indira Balachandran
Affiliation:
Centre for Medicinal Plants Research (CMPR), Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, 676 503, Malappuram, Kerala, India. E-mail for correspondence: psudayan@rediffmail.com
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Abstract

A new species of Tinospora (Menispermaceae), Tinospora formanii Udayan & Pradeep from the Western Ghats of Thrissur district, Kerala, South India, is described and illustrated.

Keywords

KeralaMenispermaceaenew speciesSouth IndiaTinospora
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany , Volume 66 , Issue 1 , March 2009 , pp. 77 - 80
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Copyright © Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 2009

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