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Type: Article
Published: 2017-10-10
Page range: 187–192
Abstract views: 36
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Sonerila victoriae, a new species of Melastomataceae from Southern Western Ghats, India

Environmental Resources Research Centre, Peroorkkada, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, PIN 695005
Post Graduate and Research Department of Botany, Govt. Victoria College (University of Calicut), Palakkad, Kerala, PIN 678001
Post Graduate and Research Department of Botany, Govt. Victoria College (University of Calicut), Palakkad, Kerala, PIN 678001
Department of Botany, Baselius College (Mahatma Gandhi University),Kottayam, Kerala, PIN 686001,
Department of Botany, Mercy College (University of Calicut), Palakkad, Kerala, PIN 678006
Post Graduate and Research Department of Botany, Govt. Victoria College (University of Calicut), Palakkad, Kerala, PIN 678001
Sonerila Kerala Nelliyampathy Palakkad Western Ghats Eudicots

Abstract

A new species, Sonerila victoriae, collected from Pothumala of Nelliyampathy hill ranges of Western Ghats of Kerala, India is described and illustrated. It shows similarity with Sonerila wallichii and Sonerila gadgiliana, but differs in traits regarding the size, shape and texture of leaves, number of inflorescence per plant, number of flowers per inflorescence, shape of anther, texture and morphology of seed.