Abstract
Fimbristylis sunilii, a new species of Cyperaceae, from Western Ghats of Kerala, Southwest India is described and illustrated with photographs. The paper provides distribution and phenology of the new species along with comparison of its allied species.
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<p>Yarrayya, K. & Kumar, P.K.R. (2018) A new species of <em>Fimbristylis</em> (Cyperaceae) from Tamil Nadu, India. <em>Journal of Japanese Botany</em> 93 (3): 198–201.</p>
<p>Fischer, C.E.C. (1931) <em>Cyperaceae. In: </em>Gamble, J.S. (Ed.) <em>Flora of the Presidency of Madras</em>. Adlard and Sons, London, pp. 1629–1687.</p>
<p>Fischer, C.E.C. (1932) New or little known plants from South India: I. <em>Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew </em>1932: 245–247. https://doi.org/10.2307/4113405</p>
<p>Govaerts, R., Koopman, J., Simpson, D.A., Goetghebeur, P., Wilson, K., Egorova, T. & Bruhl, J.J. (2018) World Checklist of Selected plant families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Available from: http://apps.Kew.Org/wcsp/ (accessed 21 March 2019).</p>
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<p>Kern, J.H. (1974) Cyperaceae.<em> In: </em>C.J.G. van Steenis (Ed.) <em>Flora Malesiana ser</em>. 1. 7 (3). Noordhoff, Leyden, pp. 435–453.</p>
<p>Koyama, T. (1985) Cyperaceae.<em> In: </em>Dassanayke, M.D. & Fosberg, F.R. (Eds.) <em>A revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon.</em> Vol. 5. Balkema, Rotterdam, pp. 255–266.</p>
<p>Kumar, A., Suman Halder, Ranjan, V. & Venu, P. (2013) <em>Fimbristylis clarkei</em>, a new species of Cyperaceae from India<em>. Kew Bulletin</em> 68: 669–672. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-013-9473-x</p>
<p>Kunth, C.S. (1837) <em>Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum, Secundum Familias Naturales Disposita, AdjeetisCharacteribus, Differntiis et Synonymis.</em> Vol. 2 (Cyperographia). 230 pp.</p>
<p>Miquel, F.A.W. (1851) <em>Analecta Botanica Indica</em>. <em>Part 2. Gramineae</em>. <em>Verhandelingen der EersteKlasse van het Koninklijk Nederlandsch Instituut van Wetenschappen </em>III, 4: 30–32 pp.</p>
<p>Mujaffar, S., Wadood Khan, M.A & Tiwari, A.P (2017) A new species of <em>Fimbristylis </em>(Cyperaceae) from Madhya Pradesh, India. <em>Phytotaxa</em> 314 (2): 297–300. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.314.2.14</p>
<p>Murugesan, M., Balasubramanian, V. & Nagarajan, N. (2010) Description of two new species of the Genus <em>Fimbristylis </em>Vahl. (Cyperaceae) from Velliangiri Hills, Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, India. <em>Journal of Threatened Taxa</em> 2: 1379–1381. https://doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o2422.1379-81</p>
<p>Nayar, T.S., Rasyia, B.A. & Sibi, M. (2014) <em>Flowering plants of Western Ghats</em>. Tropical Botanical Garden and Research Institute Publication, Thiruvananthapuram, pp. 790–793.</p>
<p>POWO (2020) <em>Plants of the world online</em>. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Science. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/ (accessed 29 March 2021).</p>
<p>Prasad, V.P. & Singh, N.P. (2002) <em>Sedges of Karnataka</em> (India). Scientific Publishers Jodhpur. 354 pp.</p>
<p>Roxburgh,W. (1820) <em>Flora Indica</em>, Vol. 1. Mission press, Serampore, 321pp.</p>
<p>Shuren, Z., Songyun, L., Song-jun, L., Koyama, T. & Simpson, D.A. (2010) <em>Eriophorum. In:</em> Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (Eds.) <em>Flora of China. </em>Vol. 23. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St Louis. pp. 200–218.</p>
<p>Steudel, E.G. (1855) <em>Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum</em> II. <em>Cyperaceae</em>. J. B. Metzler, Stuttgartiae. 144 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.471</p>
<p>Sunil, C.N., Ratheesh Narayanan, M.K., Sivadasan, M., Naveenkumar, V.V., Ahmed, H.A., Abdul Jaleel, V. & Sameh, M.H. (2016) A new species of <em>Fimbristylis</em>(Cyperaceae) from India. <em>Botany Letters</em> 164: 19–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/23818107.2016.1244776</p>
<p>Vahl, M. (1805) <em>Enumeratio Plantarum. </em>Impenis auctoris, Schubothe, 440 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.272</p>
<p>Viji, A.R., Pandurangan, A.G. & Deepu, S. (2016) <em>Fimbristylistuckeri</em> (Cyperaceae), a new sedge species from the Western Ghats India. <em>Kew Bulletin</em> 71: 38. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-016-9652-7</p>
<p>Viji, A.R. & Preetha, T.S. (2018) A New species of <em>Fimbristylis</em> (Cyperaceae) from Western Ghats, India. <em>Phytotaxa</em> 345: 68–72. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.345.1.8</p>
<p>Wadoodkhan, M.A. (2015) <em>Cyperaceae of Western Ghats, West Coast and Maharashtra.</em> Dattsons publication, Nagpur, India, pp. 149–254.</p>
<p>Yarrayya, K. & Kumar, P.K.R. (2018) A new species of <em>Fimbristylis</em> (Cyperaceae) from Tamil Nadu, India. <em>Journal of Japanese Botany</em> 93 (3): 198–201.</p>