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Issue: Vol. 427 No. 4: 30 December 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-12-30
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.427.4.7
Page range: 285–290
Abstract views: 46
PDF downloaded: 1

Alysicarpus bhuibavadensis (Fabaceae) a new species from Western Ghats of India

Angiosperm Taxonomy Laboratory, Department of Botany, Shivaji University, Kolhapur (M.S.), India
Naoroji Godrej Centre for Plant Research, Shirwal, (M.S.), India
Department of Botany, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad (M.S.), India
Angiosperm Taxonomy Laboratory, Department of Botany, Shivaji University, Kolhapur (M.S.), India
Bhuibavada Desmodieae Sindhudurg Eudicots

Abstract

Alysicarpus bhuibavadensis is described here as a new species from Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra state, India. Alysicarpus bhuibavadensis is close to A. tetragonolobus and A. gracilis in its morphology but distinct by means of pubescent leaves, axillary lax racemes, included pods with thickened beak.