Monday, August 19, 2024

[Botany • 2024] Gongronema sasidharanii (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae: Marsdenieae) • A remarkable New Species from Pambadum Shola National Park of Kerala and A New Genus record for southern India

  

Gongronema sasidharanii  

in Aloor, Menachery, Vadakkekkara, Arun, Nair et Thomas. 2024.
 
Abstract
Gongronema sasidharanii, a new species of hitherto unknown genus of south India Gongronema, characterized by an urceolate flower and discovered in Pambadum Shola National Park is described and illustrated. Photographs, and detailed comparison with the allied species G. napalense and G. ventricosum are provided.

Keywords: Apocynaceae, Gongronema, Idukki, Munnar, southern Western Ghats

 

Gongronema sasidharanii


Robi Jose Aloor, Salish Johnson Menachery, Sreenivas Vadakkekkara, Lekshmi Arun, Arun Krishnankutty Nair and Valukattil Ponnachan Thomas. 2024. Gongronema sasidharanii (Marsdenieae, Asclepiadoideae, Apocynaceae), A remarkable New Species from Pambadum Shola National Park of Kerala and A New Genus record for southern India. Nordic Journal of Botany. DOI: doi.org/10.1111/njb.04377