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- Title
Teucrium ramaswamii sp. nov. (Lamiaceae) from India.
- Authors
Viswanathan, M. B.; Manikandan, U.
- Abstract
A new species of Lamiaceae, Teucrium ramaswamii M. B. Viswan. & U. Manik. is described from the Kalakkad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR) in the Agastyamalai hills of the southwestern Ghats in peninsular India. It is allied to T. tomentosum Heyne ex Benth. but differs by stem, leaves and inflorescence being glandular strigose; leaves being deltoid-ovate, crenate-dentate or doubly crenate-dentate at margin, subcoriaceous, sparsely strigose above, densely strigose beneath; bracts being oblong-deltoid, ca 9.4×2.6 mm; calyx with uppermost teeth being lanceolate, ca 2.8×1.9 mm, lateral teeth being broadly triangular, lower teeth being oblong-lanceolate; corolla being glandular strigose outside below lateral lobes and ovary being glandular strigose. Using the IUCN criteria, conservation status of the species is assigned as Critically Endangered based on the field data (2000-2002). Life history studies, population ecology, genome resource banking and wild population management are recommended for conserving this species.
- Subjects
TAMIL Nadu (India); INDIA; LAMIACEAE; HERBARIA; PLANT conservation
- Publication
Nordic Journal of Botany, 2009, Vol 27, Issue 2, p86
- ISSN
0107-055X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1756-1051.2008.00363.x