TY -JOUR AU -Ponnampadi Kunjumuhammed Fasila AU -Kandarumadathil Hyder Amitha Bachan, Thekkum Parambil Girija AU -Ayilliath Kuttiyeri Pradeep TI -Cryptocarya sheikelmudiyana (Lauraceae), a new species from the Western Ghats in Kerala, India PY -2020 DA -2020-05-11 JO -Taiwania VL -65 IS -3 SP -265 EP -271 UR -https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/1683 AB -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. DO -10.6165/tai.2020.65.265