Phyllanthus balakrishnanii sp. nov. (Phyllanthaceae), an interesting discovery from the southern Western Ghats, India

CHANDRASSERIL NARAYANAN SUNIL; KONICKAL MAMBETTA PRABHUKUMAR; VANNARATTA VEETTIL NAVEEN KUMAR; VALUKATTIL PONNACHAN THOMAS; NARAYANAN BHAVADAS; INDIRA BALACHANDRAN

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.273.1.7

Issue: Vol. 273 No. 1: 5 September 2016

Type: Article

Published: 2016-09-05

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.273.1.7

Page range: 65–71

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Phyllanthus balakrishnanii sp. nov. (Phyllanthaceae), an interesting discovery from the southern Western Ghats, India

CHANDRASSERIL NARAYANAN SUNIL⁺⁻
KONICKAL MAMBETTA PRABHUKUMAR⁺⁻
VANNARATTA VEETTIL NAVEEN KUMAR⁺⁻
VALUKATTIL PONNACHAN THOMAS⁺⁻
NARAYANAN BHAVADAS⁺⁻
INDIRA BALACHANDRAN⁺⁻

Post Graduate & Research Department of Botany, S.N.M. College, Maliankara, Ernakulam, Kerala, India

Centre for Medicinal Plants Research (CMPR), Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, Malappuram-676 503, Kerala, India

Post Graduate & Research Department of Botany, S.N.M. College, Maliankara, Ernakulam, Kerala, India

Department of Botany, Catholicate College, Pathanamthitta, Kerala–689645, India

Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Thrissur-680 653, Kerala, India

Centre for Medicinal Plants Research (CMPR), Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, Malappuram-676 503, Kerala, India

Kerala Phyllanthus Eriococcus Eudicots

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Abstract

A new species of Phyllanthus (Phyllanthaceae), P. balakrishnanii, from the southern part of the Western Ghats, India, is described and illustrated. A detailed description and data on distribution and phenology are provided along with colour photographs, and its affinities with allied taxa are discussed.