Abstract
Peperomia ekakesara (Piperaceae) is described and illustrated as a new species from Mathikettan shola National Park in southern Western Ghats, Kerala, India. Information is given on the distribution, ecology, phenology, and conservation status of this new species. A key for the identification of south Indian species is provided.
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IUCN (2001) The IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria, Version 3.1. Prepared by IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland and Cambridge.
IUCN Standards and Petitions Subcommittee (2010) Guidelines for Using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria, Version 8. Prepared by the Standards and Petitions Subcommittee in March 2010.
Mai, P., Rossado, A., Bonifacino, J.M. & Waechter, J.L. (2016) Taxonomic revision of Peperomia (Piperaceae) from Uruguay. Phytotaxa 244 (2): 125–144.
https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.244.2.2
Mathieu, G., Vergara-Rodriguez, D., Kromer, T. & Karger, D.N. (2015) Peperomia (Piperaceae) novelties from Veracruz State, Mexico. Phytotaxa 205 (4): 268–276.
https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.205.4.6
Melo, A., Guimaraes, E.F. & Alves, M. (2016) Synopsis of the genus Peperomia Ruiz & Pav. (Piperaceae) in Roraima state, Brazil. Hoehnea 43 (1): 119–134.
https://doi.org/10.1590/2236-8906-75/2015
Miquel, F.A.W. (1843) Systema piperacearum. Roterodami [Rotterdam]: apud H. A. Kramers.
Miquel, F.A.W. (1846) Annotationes in Piperaceas. The London Journal of Botany 5: 548–549.
Notoatmodjo, S. (1967) Comparative Anatomy of Hawaiian Peperomia (Piperaceae) species. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Hawaii.
Ruiz, H. & Pavon, J. (1794) Florae Peruvianae et Chilensis Prodromus. Madrid.
Wanke, S., Samain, M., Vanderschaeve, L., Mathieu, G., Goetghebeur, P. & Neinhuis, C. (2006) Phylogeny of the Genus Peperomia (Piperaceae) Inferred from the trnK/matK Region (cpDNA). Plant Biology 8: 93–102.
https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2005-873060
Wight, R. (1840) Piperaceae. In: Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis. Vol. 3. J.B. Pharoah, Madras, t. 1921–1924.