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| Polycarpaea palakkadensis V.S.A.Kumar, Sindhu Arya & V.Suresh, in Arya, Kumar, Nathanpillai, ... et Suresh, 2021. |
Abstract
Polycarpaea palakkadensis, a new species of Caryophyllaceae from the hillocks of Palakkad District (Kerala, India) is described and illustrated. P. palakkadensis is morphologically similar to P. rangaiahiana from which differs in having fused ovate bracts, capilliform bracteoles, linear stipules, ovate-cordate petals, filaments much shorter than anther, capsule with 1–2 ovoid elliptical seeds.
Keywords: Caryophyllales, Western Ghats, Palakkad gap, Eudicots
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| Polycarpaea palakkadensis a. habit; b. inflorescence; c. stipules; d. bract; e. flower f. & g. sepals; h. petal; i. stamen; j. gynoecium; k. fruit; l. seed (pictures by A. Sindhu). |
Sindhu Arya, Venugopalan Nair Saradamma Anil Kumar, Ambika Viswa Nathanpillai, Alen Alex Philip, Jose Sojan and Veerankutty Suresh. 2021. Polycarpaea palakkadensis (Caryophyllaceae), A New Species from Kerala, South-West India. Phytotaxa. 527(2); 151-157. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.527.2.8
