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Issue: Vol. 443 No. 3: 20 May 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-05-20
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.443.3.6
Page range: 295–299
Abstract views: 56
PDF downloaded: 3

Gentiana sasidharanii (Gentianaceae), a new species from Western Ghats, 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.
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
Centre for Medicinal Plants Research (CMPR), Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, Malappuram-676 503, Kerala, India
Gentiana kurumba Idukki district Kerala Eudicots

Abstract

Gentiana sasidharanii, a new species of Gentianaceae, from Western Ghats of Kerala, India, is here described and illustrated. Species distribution, phenology and colour photographs of the new species are provided. A comparative table of the new species with G. kurumba, and a key to allied species are also presented.