TY -JOUR
AU -Gopalaprabhu Rajkumar
AU -Thankappan Shaju
AU -Ahammed Nazarudeen
AU -Raveendranpillai Prakashkumar
TI -Pothos boyceanus (Araceae), a new species from the Western Ghats, India
PY -2020
DA -2020-02-17
JO -Taiwania
VL -65
IS -2
SP -114
EP -118
UR -https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/1661
AB -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.
DO -10.6165/tai.2020.65.114