A new species of Gymnema (Asclepiadaceae) from the Kollihills in Peninsular India

被引：4
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作者：
Ramachandran, Andimuthu [1 ]
Viswanathan, Madepalli Byrappa Gowdu [2 ]
机构：
[1] Anna Univ Chennai, Ctr Climate Change & Adaptat Res, Madras 600025, Tamil Nadu, India
[2] Bharathidasan Univ, Dept Plant Sci, Tiruchirappalli 620024, Tamil Nadu, India
来源：
ADANSONIA | 2009年 / 31卷 / 02期
关键词：
Asclepidaceae; Gymnema; Kollihills; Peninsular India; new species;
D O I：
10.5252/a2009n2a10
中图分类号：
Q94 [植物学];
学科分类号：
071001 ;
摘要：
A new species of Asclepiadaceae, Gymnema kollimalayanum A. Ramachandran & M.B.Viswan., sp. nov. is described here from the Kollihills in the Eastern Ghats of Peninsular India. This species is allied to G. hirsutum Wight & Arn. by habit, woody stems, milky latex, umbellate cymose inflorescence, 5-merous flowers, calyx, corolla, anthers, follicles and comose seeds but differs by size and shape of leaves being elliptic or elliptic-rotund, subtruncate at base, abruptly acute at apex, longer petioles, arrangement of flowers, longer pedicels, shape and size of calyx, corolla, larger size of follicles, seeds and coma.
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页码：407 / 411
页数：5
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