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

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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
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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