Open AccessA NEW SPECIES OF CEROPEGIA L. (APOCYNACEAE) FROM SOUTHERN WESTERN GHATS OF INDIA
Author(s) -
S. Karuppusamy,
S. Ravichandran
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
kongunadu research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2349-2694
DOI - 10.26524/krj213
Subject(s) - apocynaceae , biology , botany
Ceropegia paulsamii Karuppusamy et Ravichandran sp. nov. (Apocynaceae) is described and illustrated from Megamalai wildlife sanctuary in southern Western Ghats of Tamilnadu state, India. It is similar to Ceropegia decaisneana Wight but differs in sub-succulent fasciculate roots, flowers with short corolla lobes with middle constriction, outer corona trilobed, whitish, and basally caudate each coronal segment.