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Issue: Vol. 671 No. 2: 12 Nov. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-11-12
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.671.2.10
Page range: 205-210
Abstract views: 91
PDF downloaded: 3

A new species of Crinum (Amaryllidaceae) from the Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India

Botanical Survey of India, Deccan Regional Centre, Kendriya Sadan, Koti, Hyderabad-01, INDIA
Botanical Survey of India, Deccan Regional Centre, Kendriya Sadan, Koti, Hyderabad-01, INDIA
Botanical Survey of India, Deccan Regional Centre, Kendriya Sadan, Koti, Hyderabad-01, INDIA
Botanical Survey of India, Deccan Regional Centre, Kendriya Sadan, Koti, Hyderabad-01, INDIA
Botanical Survey of India, Deccan Regional Centre, Kendriya Sadan, Koti, Hyderabad-01, INDIA
Dry deciduous forest Eastern Ghats Flora Novelty Monocots

Abstract

Crinum andhricum (Amaryllidaceae), a new species from the Northern Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh is described and illustrated. It is closely related to Crinum amoenum and C. stracheyi, but differs in its number of flowers per inflorescence, shape of the perianth lobes and filament length.

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