Friday, December 15, 2023

[Botany • 2020] Hedyotis shoolamudianus (Rubiaceae) • A New Species from Western Ghats, India


Hedyotis shoolamudianus Sunil, Naveen Kum. & K.M.P. Kumar,

in Naveen Kumar, Prabhukumar, Sunil, Bhavadas, Sreejit et Balachandran, 2020. 

Abstract
Hedyotis shoolamudianus, a new species of Rubiaceae is described here. The paper provides distribution, phenology and colour photographs of the new species along with comparison chart of its allied taxa.

Keywords: Hedyotis, New species, Rubiaceae, Western Ghats, Eudicots


Hedyotis shoolamudianus Sunil, Naveen Kum. & K.M.P. Kumar, sp. nov.

Etymology:—The specific epithet is named after the type locality, Shoolamudi hills, which is the highest peak in Ernakulam district, Kerala.


Vannaratta Veettil Naveen Kumar, Konickal Mambetta Prabhukumar, Chandrasseril Narayanan Sunil, Narayanan Bhavadas, Chittiyath Madhavan Sreejit and Indira Balachandran. 2020. Hedyotis shoolamudianus (Rubiaceae), A New Species from Western Ghats, India. Phytotaxa. 438(2); 159-162. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.438.2.10