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Issue: Vol. 689 No. 2: 24 Feb. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-02-24
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.689.2.6
Page range: 233-242
Abstract views: 441
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Lagenandra rubra (Araceae), a new endemic species from Sinharaja Man and Biosphere Reserve, Sri Lanka

Department of Horticulture & Landscape Gardening, Faculty of Agriculture & Plantation Management, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Hantane Road, Kandy 20000, Sri Lanka
Department of Botany, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Department of Horticulture & Landscape Gardening, Faculty of Agriculture & Plantation Management, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
Biodiversity conservation Critically endangered flora of Sri Lanka Ornamental aquatic plants Taxonomy Monocots

Abstract

During the revision of the genus Lagenandra in Sri Lanka we encountered a new species Lagenandra rubra from the Sinharaja Man and Biosphere Reserve of Sri Lanka. The new species can be differentiated from all other described Lagenandra species by its glossy dark red-maroon twisted limb and the absence of warts on the spathe. With the newly described species, the number of endemic Sri Lankan species of Lagenandra rises to fourteen, and the global total rises to twenty-three. Based on the IUCN Red List categories and criteria, the new species is assessed as Critically Endangered under Criterion CR B1ab (ii, iii, iv, v) +2ab (ii, iii, iv, v).

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How to Cite

Madola, I., Jayasinghe, H., Yakandawala, D. & Yakandawala, K. (2025) Lagenandra rubra (Araceae), a new endemic species from Sinharaja Man and Biosphere Reserve, Sri Lanka. Phytotaxa 689 (2): 233–242. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.689.2.6