SONERILA GADGILIANA, A NEW SCAPIGEROUS SPECIES OF MELASTOMATACEAE FROM INDIA

TitleSONERILA GADGILIANA, A NEW SCAPIGEROUS SPECIES OF MELASTOMATACEAE FROM INDIA
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2015
AuthorsRatheeshNarayanan M.K, SIVADASAN M., SUNIL C.N., NANDAKUMAR M.K., SHAJU T., ALFARHAN A.H., AmalTammi A.S.M.
JournalBangladesh J. Plant Taxon
Volume22
Start Page9
Issue1
End page15
Date Published06/2015
KeywordsKerala; Melastomatoideae; New species; Sonerileae
Abstract

Sonerila gadgiliana, a new species collected from high altitude moss-covered dripping rocks of grassland-shola margins in Wayanad district, Kerala, India is described and illustrated. The species resembles S. raghaviana Ratheesh et al., S. rotundifolia Bedd. and S. veldkampiana Ratheesh et al., but differs from leaf, inflorescence, peduncle, hypanthium, petal, anther, capsule and seed characteristics.

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