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v6i2.137
Volume 6 | Number 2 | November 2014 v6i2.137 taprobanica 6 2 2014

v6i2.137

Volume 6 | Number 2 | November 2014
Major Article
ISSN: 1800-427X (print)
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v6i2.137

Submitted date: 9 July 2013
Accepted date: 17 July 2014
Published date: 30 August 2014
Pp. 72–75, Pls. 1–2.

A NEW SPECIES OF Sonerila (MELASTOMATACEAE) FROM THE WESTERN GHATS OF KERALA, INDIA

K.P. Deepthikumary & A. G. Pandurangan
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Abstract
A new species, Sonerila keralensis, from the Western Ghats of Kerala is described and illustrated. It is allied to S. rheedei differing by having a tuberous root stock, three to seven flowers, and petals with sparsely glandular-hairy margins.

Key words : taxonomy, Sonerila keralensis, Thirunelli, Melastomataceae, tropical Asia, endemic

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