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Issue: Vol. 622 No. 5: 3 Nov. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-11-03
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.622.5.1
Page range: 271-280
Abstract views: 94
PDF downloaded: 10

Taxonomic delineation of two closely allied Rubus L. (Rosaceae) species with notes on the typification of the name R. fairholmianus

Department of Biotechnology; Centre for Research and Evaluation; Bharathiar University; Coimbatore; Tamil Nadu; India; 641046
CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute; Rana Pratap Marg; Lucknow-226001; Uttar Pradesh; India
Centre for Environment and Marine Studies; Research Institute-King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals-Dhahran; Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Centre for Medicinal Plants Research (CMPR); Arya Vaidya Sala; Kottakkal; Malappuram-676 503; Kerala; India
Department of Plant Science; Manonmaniam Sundaranar University; Abishekapatti; Tirunelveli-627012; Tamil Nadu; India
Department of Bioscience; MES College; Marampally; Aluva-683107; Kerala; India
Eudicots India neotypification Rubus fairholmianus R. micropetalus taxonomic identity

Abstract

Rubus fairholmianus Gardner and R. micropetalus Gardner are the two closely allied taxa, collected from different localities of southern Western Ghats, India. Because of the absence of detailed description and the existence of morphological similarities, these taxa have been misidentified in many herbaria and other published floras. The present study discusses the major delineating features of both the taxa based on the conventional taxonomic studies and along with seed morphological analysis and also provides a note on the occurrence of R. moluccanus L. in Western Ghats. During the study, the name R. fairholmianus is also neotypified.

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