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Issue: Vol. 572 No. 2: 10 November 2022
Type: Article
Published: 2022-11-10
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.572.2.7
Page range: 203-209
Abstract views: 60
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Casearia seethalakshmiae (Samydoideae, Salicaceae), a new species from Palakkad Gap, Kerala (India)

Department of Botany, Government Victoria College, Palakkad, Kerala- 678001, India
Department of Botany, Government College Chittur, Palakkad, Kerala- 678104, India
Department of Botany, Government Victoria College, Palakkad, Kerala- 678001, India
Flora Salicales Samydeae Taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

Casearia seethalakshmiae, a new species from India, is described and compared with the three other currently accepted Indian species namely C. graveolens, C. glomerata, and C. bourdillonii. The new species belongs to the Casearia sect. Casearia, and is confined to Palakkad, Kerala. Detailed description, distribution, phenology, photographs and a key to the species of Indian Casearia are provided.

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