<strong><em>Elaeocarpus gadgilii</em> (Elaeocarpaceae), a new species from Western Ghats (India)</strong>

MAYA AMMATHIL MANOHARAN; KONICKAL MAMBETTA PRABHUKUMAR; SUJANA K. ARJUNAN; SOJAN JOSE; SURESH VEERANKUTTY

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.489.1.7

Issue: Vol. 489 No. 1: 3 March 2021

Type: Article

Published: 2021-03-03

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.489.1.7

Page range: 87–93

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Elaeocarpus gadgilii (Elaeocarpaceae), a new species from Western Ghats (India)

MAYA AMMATHIL MANOHARAN⁺⁻
KONICKAL MAMBETTA PRABHUKUMAR⁺⁻
SUJANA K. ARJUNAN⁺⁻
SOJAN JOSE⁺⁻
SURESH VEERANKUTTY⁺⁻

Department of Botany, Government Victoria College, Palakkad -67800, Kerala, India.

CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Pratap Marg, Lucknow - 226001, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Botanical Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, TNAU Campus, Coimbatore-641003, Tamil Nadu

Department of Botany, Government College, Chittur, Palakkad-678104, Kerala, India.

Department of Botany, Govt. Victoria College, Palakkad.

Endemic flora Kerala Oxalidales Palakkad Taxonomy Eudicots

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Abstract

Elaeocarpus gadgilii, a new species of Elaeocarpus (Elaeocarpaceae) from the southern part of Western Ghats (India) is described. Detailed description, distribution, phenology and photographs are provided. The differences between the new species and the similar E. variabilis Zmarzty and E. serratus L. are also discussed.