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Ceropegia shivrayiana (Apocynaceae: Ceropegieae), a new species from Western Ghats, India

Department of Botany, The New College, Kolhapur, Maharashtra 416012, India
Department of Botany, MVP Samaj’s Arts, Commerce & Science College, Nandgaon, Nashik, Maharashtra 423106, India
Angiosperm Taxonomy Laboratory, Department of Botany, Shivaji University, Kolhapur- 416 004, India
Department of Botany, The New College, Kolhapur, Maharashtra 416012, India
Department of Botany, The New College, Kolhapur, Maharashtra 416012, India
Ceropegia karulensis Ceropegia santapaui Indopegia Kolhapur Western Ghats Eudicots

Abstract

A new species Ceropegia shivrayiana A. P. Jangam, Kambale & N. V. Pawar, is described and illustrated here from Vishalgad fort in Kolhapur district of Maharashtra state, India. This new species is similar to Ceropegia lawii Hooker f., but differs in having a climbing habit, hairy peduncles, obovate corolla cage with reflexed corolla lobes.

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