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ERIOCAULON BIAPPENDICULATUM, A NEW SPECIES OF ERIOCAULACEAE FROM THE SOUTHERN WESTERN GHATS, INDIA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2015

K. M. Manudev ,
A. J. Robi  and
S. Nampy
K. M. Manudev
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, St. Joseph’s College, Devagiri, Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
A. J. Robi
Affiliation:
Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Kerala 680 653, India.
S. Nampy*
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Kerala 673 635, India.
*
*Author for correspondence. E-mail: santhoshnampy5@gmail.com
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Abstract

Eriocaulon biappendiculatum, a new species of Eriocaulaceae from the southern Western Ghats, India, is described and illustrated. The new species is close to Eriocaulon nairii but differs in having 5–17 peduncles, free male sepals, and both continuous ribbon-like and setiform appendages on the seeds.

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EndemicEriocaulaceaeKeralaMunnarsouthern Western Ghats

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Edinburgh Journal of Botany , Volume 72 , Issue 2 , July 2015 , pp. 219 - 223
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Copyright © Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 2015 

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