%0 Journal Article
%A S. John Britto
%A B. Mani
%A S. Thomas and S. Prabhu
%T A new subspecies of Celastrus (Celastraceae) from the Palni hills of South India
%D 2017
%J Taiwania
%V 62
%N 3
%P 311-314
%U https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/1516
%X Celastrus paniculatus Willd. ssp. angladeanus S.J. Britto, B. Mani and S. Thomas  new subspecies from the Palni hills, Western Ghats of Tamilnadu, South India is described and illustrated. The new ssp. is similar to Celastrus paniculatus ssp. aggregatus but differs in flame-coloured branchlets, terminal, erect and stiff panicles exceeding leaves, prominent gibbous and oblique capsules, flowers polygamous but predominantly pistillate and 3-seeded capsules.
%M doi:10.6165/tai.2017.62.311