%0 Journal Article
%A Gopalaprabhu Rajkumar
%A Thankappan Shaju
%A Ahammed Nazarudeen
%A Raveendranpillai Prakashkumar
%T Pothos boyceanus (Araceae), a new species from the Western Ghats, India
%D 2020
%J Taiwania
%V 65
%N 2
%P 114-118
%U https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/1661
%X 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.
%M doi:10.6165/tai.2020.65.114