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Issue: Vol. 403 No. 1: 9 May 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-05-09
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.403.1.6
Page range: 66–70
Abstract views: 104
PDF downloaded: 2

A new species of Syzygium (Myrtaceae) from the Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Kerala, India

Conservation Biology Division, Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Conservation Biology Division, Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Conservation Biology Division, Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Department of Biology, The Gandhigram Rural Institute (Deemed to be University), Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, India
Department of Biology, The Gandhigram Rural Institute (Deemed to be University), Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, India
Eudicots Asia Myrtales Taxonomy

Abstract

Syzygium ponmudianum, a new tree species from Ponmudi, Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Kerala, India is described. This species is closely allied to Syzygium benthamianum and S. myhendrae but differs from it by having a reddish brown coloured cylindrical stem, large sized leaves with 22-29 pairs of secondary veins, deltoid and persistent calyx lobes, pyriform hypanthium, variously statured filaments, deep purple berries with ovate seeds.

How to Cite

SREEKALA, A. K., DIVYA S. PILLAI, R. AKHIL, ANJANA SURENDRAN, and R. RAMASUBBU. 2019. “A New Species of <em>Syzygium </Em>(Myrtaceae) from the Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Kerala, India”. Phytotaxa 403 (1):66–70. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.403.1.6.