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- Title
Pothos boyceanus (Araceae), a new species from the Western Ghats, India.
- Authors
RAJKUMAR, Gopalaprabhu; SHAJU, Thankappan; NAZARUDEEN, Ahammed; PRAKASHKUMAR, Raveendranpillai
- Abstract
Pothos boyceanus sp. nov. (Araceae) of the subgenus Allopothos (sensu Schott, 1855) has been discovered from the evergreen forests of Valara in Idukki district of Kerala, India. The species has a close affinity with Pothos crassipedunculatus Sivadasan, Mohanan & Sathishkumar, but differs in a set of characters including the presence of a ligule, long winged petiole, asymmetric lamina, long single cataphyll, slender peduncle, presence of a stipe, long cylindric spadix with a lorate spathe equal to the length of spadix and 1-3 seeded ovate berry ripening milky white at base and light violet towards tip.
- Subjects
WESTERN Ghats (India); INDIA; ARACEAE; SPECIES; PETIOLES
- Publication
Taiwania, 2020, Vol 65, Issue 2, p114
- ISSN
0372-333X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.6165/tai.2020.65.114