%0 Journal Article
%A Ponnampadi Kunjumuhammed Fasila
%A Kandarumadathil Hyder Amitha Bachan,
Thekkum Parambil Girija
%A Ayilliath Kuttiyeri Pradeep
%T Cryptocarya sheikelmudiyana (Lauraceae), a new species from the Western Ghats in Kerala, India
%D 2020
%J Taiwania
%V 65
%N 3
%P 265-271
%U https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/1683
%X A new species of Cryptocarya (Lauraceae), Cryptocarya sheikelmudiyana is described and illustrated. This new taxon characteristically differs from C. lawsonii with elliptic apiculate leaves and non-lenticellate, oblong, longitudinally ridged fruits with a constriction just below middle. Detailed descriptions, illustrations, photographs, a distribution map, notes on conservation status, numerical taxonomic analysis of sympatric species and keys are provided.
%M doi:10.6165/tai.2020.65.265