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A NEW SPECIES OF HEDYOTIS (RUBIACEAE) FROM INDIA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 February 2014

S. Karuppusamy  and
V. Ravichandran
S. Karuppusamy
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, The Centre for Botanical Research, The Madura College, Madurai – 625 011, Tamil Nadu, India. E-mail: ksamytaxonomy@gmail.com; ravichandran725@gmail.com
V. Ravichandran
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, The Centre for Botanical Research, The Madura College, Madurai – 625 011, Tamil Nadu, India. E-mail: ksamytaxonomy@gmail.com; ravichandran725@gmail.com
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Abstract

A new species, Hedyotis rajasekaranii Karupp. & Ravichandran (Rubiaceae), is described from the Megamalai Hills of the Western Ghats in Tamil Nadu, southern India.

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Conservation statusHedyotisIndiaRubiaceae
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany , Volume 71 , Issue 1 , March 2014 , pp. 57 - 61
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Copyright © Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 2014 

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