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A NEW SPECIES OF HEDYOTIS (RUBIACEAE) FROM INDIA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 2008

M. B. Viswanathan  and
U. Manikandan
M. B. Viswanathan
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 620 024, Tamil Nadu, India. E-mail: vinaa@rediffmail.com
U. Manikandan
Affiliation:
Sri Paramakalyani Centre for Environmental Sciences, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Alwarkurichi 627 412, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Abstract

A new species of Rubiaceae, Hedyotis kottangathattiensis M.B.Viswan. & U.Manik., is described from the Kalakkad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve in the Agastyamalai hills of the southwestern Ghats in South India. Hedyotis kottangathattiensis is allied to Hedyotis barberi (Gamble) Henry & Subram. but differs in its branching, leaf shape and colour, the presence of raphides, the colour and shape of the stipules, the inflorescence structure, calyx lobe shape, corolla lobe shape and colour, and capsule shape. A conservation status is proposed.

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HedyotisIndiaIUCN Red ListRubiaceae
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany , Volume 65 , Issue 3 , November 2008 , pp. 387 - 392
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Copyright © Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 2008

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