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Issue: Vol. 645 No. 1: 18 Apr. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-04-18
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.645.1.5
Page range: 55-65
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Stellaria mcclintockiae (Caryophyllaceae) a new species from Kerala, India

PG & Research Department of Botany, PSG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu - 641014, India
Government College Kasaragod, Kerala - 671123, India
Department of Botany, Government Victoria College, University of Calicut, Palakkad, Kerala - 678001, India
Department of Botany, Government Victoria College, University of Calicut, Palakkad, Kerala - 678001, India
Department of Botany, Government Victoria College, University of Calicut, Palakkad, Kerala - 678001, India
Caryophyllales Western Ghats Kerala Eudicots

Abstract

A new species of Stellaria from the Nelliyampathy hills of Palakkad district (Kerala, SW-India) is described and illustrated. The new species can be considered as part of the S. media group but differs from the various species with respect to bracts, sepals, petals, pollen morphology and seed surface architecture. Molecular analyses (ITS) confirmed the validity of the new taxon.

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