TY -JOUR
AU -Ambikabai Raghavanpillai Sivu
AU -Nediyaparambu Sukumaran Pradeep
AU -Alagramam Govindasamy Pandurangan and Matalayi Kokaramath Ratheesh Narayanan
TI -A New Species of Memecylon (Melastomataceae) from Western Ghats, India
PY -2018
DA -2018-05-02
JO -Taiwania
VL -63
IS -2
SP -106
EP -110
UR -https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/1548
AB -Memecylon travancorense Sivu, N. S. Pradeep, Pandur. & Ratheesh, a new species of Memecylon from Agastyamala Biosphere Reserve of the southern Western Ghats is described herewith illustration and photographs. Its distinctive characters are discussed and comments made on differences between this and its allied taxa. This new species is similar to M. wightii, but clearly distinct by having sub-terete, greyish white branchlets, broadly elliptic to oblong leaves with slightly cordate to rounded leaf base, umbellate inflorescence with quadrangular peduncles and shortly pedicellate flowers. Information on habitat, distribution, and conservation status are provided.
DO -10.6165/tai.2018.63.106