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Issue: Vol. 371 No. 2: 27 September 2018
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2018-09-27
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.371.2.9
Page range: 140–144
Abstract views: 16
PDF downloaded: 1

Utricularia sunilii (Lentibulariaceae), a striking new species from southern Western Ghats, Kerala, India

Post Graduate & Research Department of Botany, S.N.M. College, Maliankara, Ernakulam, Kerala, India
Centre for Medicinal Plants Research (CMPR), Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, Malappuram-676 503, Kerala, India
Centre for Medicinal Plants Research (CMPR), Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, Malappuram-676 503, Kerala, India
Centre for Medicinal Plants Research (CMPR), Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, Malappuram-676 503, Kerala, India
Post Graduate and Research Department of Botany, Govt. Victoria College, Palakkad-678001, Kerala, India
Department of Botany, Goa University, Goa-403206, India
Centre for Medicinal Plants Research (CMPR), Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, Malappuram-676 503, Kerala, India
Nelliyampathy New taxon Palakkad Utricularia Eudicots

Abstract

Utricularia sunilii, a new species of Utricularia Sect. Oligocista from Kerala state of Western Ghats is described here. The new species shows similarities with U. graminifolia in having 3-nerved foliar organs and thickened capsule wall along the margin of dehiscence but differs by deeply 3-lobed lower lip of corolla.