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Eriocaulon gopalakrishnanum sp. nov. (Eriocaulaceae) from the Western Ghats, India
Author(s) -
Rashmi K.,
Krishnakumar G.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
nordic journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1756-1051
pISSN - 0107-055X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1756-1051.2012.00030.x
Subject(s) - biology , bract , botany , plateau (mathematics) , vegetation (pathology) , altitude (triangle) , inflorescence , medicine , mathematical analysis , geometry , mathematics , pathology
Eriocaulon gopalakrishnanum K. Rashmi & G. Krishnakumar sp. nov. is described and illustrated from the low altitude monsoon vegetation in the coastal lateritic plateau of the Western Ghat region of Kerala, India. The new species is distinct in the leaves and spathe being papillose, a character not displayed by any other species from this region.