TY -JOUR AU -S. John Britto AU -B. Mani AU -S. Thomas and S. Prabhu TI -A new subspecies of Celastrus (Celastraceae) from the Palni hills of South India PY -2017 DA -2017-07-26 JO -Taiwania VL -62 IS -3 SP -311 EP -314 UR -https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/1516 AB -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. DO -10.6165/tai.2017.62.311