@Article{taiwania2020652114, AUTHOR = {Gopalaprabhu Rajkumar, Thankappan Shaju, Ahammed Nazarudeen, Raveendranpillai Prakashkumar}, TITLE = {Pothos boyceanus (Araceae), a new species from the Western Ghats, India}, JOURNAL = {Taiwania}, VOLUME = {65}, YEAR = {2020}, ISSUE = {2}, PAGES = {114-118}, URL = {https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/1661}, 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.}, DOI = {10.6165/tai.2020.65.114} }