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Issue: Vol. 474 No. 2: 1 December 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-12-01
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.474.2.10
Page range: 191–196
Abstract views: 52
PDF downloaded: 1

Ludwigia venugopalanii (Onagraceae), a striking apetalous species from Kerala, India

Department of Botany, (Research Centre, University of Kerala) University College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala - 695034, India.
Department of Botany, Government Victoria College, Palakkad, Kerala- 678001, India.
Department of Botany, Government College, Vidya Nagar Kasaragod, Kerala- 671123, India.
Laboratory of Immunopharmacology and Experimental therapeutics, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala - 695011, India.
Post Graduate Department of Botany, University College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala - 695034, India.
Aquatic angiosperm inflated capsule wetland Myrtales Ludwigioideae Asia Eudicots

Abstract

Ludwigia venugopalanii , a new species of Ludwigia from Western Ghats, Kerala (Southwestern India), is described and illustrated. The new species Ludwigia venugopalanii is morphologically similar to L. palustris from which it differs by alternate phyllotaxy, length and pubescence of calyx tube, absence of bracteoles, shape of ovule and capsule morphology.