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| Anisomeles tamilnadense Ramasubbu & Bechu in Bechu, Ramasubbu, Spurgeon, Venkatesh et Kalaiselvan, 2025. |
Abstract
A new species of Lamiaceae, Anisomeles tamilnadense, is described from Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, India. This species is closely related to A. indica and A. malabarica. However, several features differ, including the ovate-lanceolate and narrowly crenate leaf margin, coloured spathulate bracts, coloured calyx, <100 banded unpigmented corolla hairs and larger stigma lobes. This distinctive combination of traits allows to describe a new species within the genus, contributing to the better knowledge of the flora of the Indian subcontinent.
Eudicots, Anisomeles indica, Anisomeles malabarica, Lamiales, morphology, taxonomy
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| Anisomeles tamilnadense: a) adult shrub at flowering; b) inflorescence twig; c) indumentum in stem; f) leaf morphology; g) leaf apex; h) leaf margin; A. malabarica: d) leaf morphology; i) leaf margin; A. indica: e) leaf morphology; j) leaf margin |
Anisomeles tamilnadense Ramasubbu & Bechu sp. nov.
PUNNEN ABRAHAM BECHU, RAJU RAMASUBBU, EDWIN KIRUBAI DASS SPURGEON, PALANIVEL VENKATESH and KARUPPASAMY KALAISELVAN. 2026. Anisomeles tamilnadense (Lamiaceae), A New Species from Tamil Nadu, India. Phytotaxa. 711(2); 202-208. DOI: doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.711.2.10 [2025-07-24]
