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Issue: Vol. 446 No. 1: 26 May 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-05-26
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.446.1.5
Page range: 43–48
Abstract views: 37
PDF downloaded: 2

Peucedanum pradeepianum (Apiaceae: Apioideae), a new species from Western Ghats, India

Centre for Medicinal Plants Research (CMPR), Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, Malappuram – 676 503, Kerala, India.
Malabar Botanical Garden and Institute for Plant Sciences, Olavanna, Kozhikode–673 014, 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.
Novelty IUCN Red List south India Eudicots

Abstract

A new species, Peucedanum pradeepianum KMP Kumar, Hareesh & Indu sp. nov. from Western Ghats of Kerala, is described and illustrated. The new species is closely related to P. anamallayense and P. dhana var. dhana, but differs in having deeply serrate leaflets, broadly ovate bract, ovate-lanceolate, acute bracteoles, and 3–4 lateral and 4 commissural vittae.