Sunday, August 4, 2024

[Botany • 2018] Utricularia sunilii (Lentibulariaceae) • A striking New Species from southern Western Ghats, Kerala, India


Utricularia sunilii Naveen Kum. & K.M.P.Kumar, 

in Kumar, Prabhukumar, Jagadeesan, Harinarayanan, Nair, Janarthanam et Balachandran, 2018.

Abstract
Utricularia sunilii, a new species of Utricularia Sect. Oligocista from Kerala state of Western Ghats is described here. The new species shows similarities with U. graminifolia in having 3-nerved foliar organs and thickened capsule wall along the margin of dehiscence but differs by deeply 3-lobed lower lip of corolla.

Keywords: Nelliyampathy, New taxon, Palakkad, Utricularia, Eudicots




Utricularia sunilii Naveen Kum. & K.M.P.Kumar, sp. nov.

Vannaratta Veettil Naveen Kumar, Konickal Mambetta Prabhukumar, Raveendran Jagadeesan, Cheruppoyilath Mana Harinarayanan, Maya C. Nair, Malapati K. Janarthanam and Indira Balachandran. 2018. Utricularia sunilii (Lentibulariaceae), A striking New Species from southern Western Ghats, Kerala, India. Phytotaxa. 371(2):140. DOI: doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.371.2.9