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Rotala sahyadrica sp. nov. (Lythraceae) from Western Ghats, India
Author(s) -
Gaikwad S. P.,
Sardesai M. M.,
Yadav S. R.
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.1756-1051.2013.00322.x
Subject(s) - biology , calyx , trichome , lythraceae , botany , aerial root , aquatic plant , ecology , macrophyte , mangrove
A new aquatic species, Rotala sahyadrica S. P. Gaikwad, Sardesai et S. R. Yadav sp. nov. collected from a fresh water lake on a high altitude lateritic plateau ecosystem of the Western Ghats, India is described and illustrated here. It is similar to R. tenella (Guill. & Perr.) Hiern but differs in having cleistogamous and chasmogamous flowers, nectary glands on calyx tube and 8–12 multi‐cellular black trichomes in the axils of bracteoles.