Andrographis megamalayana (Andrographinae: Acanthaceae), a new species from the southern Western Ghats, India

Gunadayalan Gnanasekaran; Subbiah Karuppusamy; Garimella Venkata Suryanarayana Murthy

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.244.1.7

Issue: Vol. 244 No. 1: 15 January 2016

Type: Article

Published: 2016-01-15

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.244.1.7

Page range: 89–95

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Andrographis megamalayana (Andrographinae: Acanthaceae), a new species from the southern Western Ghats, India

Gunadayalan Gnanasekaran⁺⁻
Subbiah Karuppusamy⁺⁻
Garimella Venkata Suryanarayana Murthy⁺⁻

Botanical Survey of India (BSI), Southern Regional Centre (SRC), TNAU Campus, Lawley Road, Coimbatore – 641 003, Tamil Nadu, India.

Department of Botany, The Centre for Botanical Research, The Madura College, Madurai – 625 011, Tamil Nadu, India.

Botanical Survey of India (BSI), Southern Regional Centre (SRC), TNAU Campus, Lawley Road, Coimbatore – 641 003, Tamil Nadu, India.

Acanthaceae Andrographis Endemic Kerala Tamil Nadu Western Ghats EUdicots

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Abstract

Andrographis megamalayana Gnanasek., Karupp. & G.V.S. Murthy (Andrographinae: Acanthaceae), a new species from the southern Western Ghats, India, is described here with illustrations, colour photographs, relationships with its allied species and IUCN conservation status. In addition, the pollen and seed morphology have been described here using Light and Scanning Electron Microscopes.