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Type: Article
Published: 2021-01-29
Page range: 191–196
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Alternanthera indica (Amaranthaceae), a new species from Kerala (India)

Department of Botany, Post Graduate & Research centre University of Kerala, University College, 695034 Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
Department of Biology, Botany Unit, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy
Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, 97205 Mérida, Yucatán, México
Department of Botany, Post Graduate & Research centre University of Kerala, University College, 695034 Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
Flora of Asia Gomphrenoideae Kollam District taxonomic novelty Thiruvananthapuram District Eudicots

Abstract

A new species of Alternanthera from Kerala (SW-India), named Alternanthera indica, is described and illustrated. A detailed description, photographs, and drawings are provided. The new species resembles A. carcasana, A. paronychioides var. robusta, A. pungens, A. sessilis, and A. tenella for sharing habit and sessile synflorescences, but it differs from these species in several characters (i.e. shape and size of leaves, sepal length and hairiness, and appendages on the androecial tube margin and length).