Taxonomy of Andrographis rothii : A stenoendemic species from the southern Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India with notes on lectotypification and identity of A. lobelioides var. composita (Acanthaceae)

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Published: 31.12.2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2015.25.02.07
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Acanthaceae, Andrographis rothii, stenoendemic, heterotypic synonym, lectotype, Tamil Nadu

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G. Gnanasekaran
Botanical Survey of India (BSI), Southern Regional Centre (SRC), TNAU Campus, Lawley Road, Coimbatore – 641 003, Tamil Nadu, India.
R. Kottaimuthu
Department of Botany, Saraswathi Narayanan College, Madurai – 625 022, Tamil Nadu, India.
G. V. S. Murthy
Botanical Survey of India (BSI), Southern Regional Centre (SRC), TNAU Campus, Lawley Road, Coimbatore – 641 003, Tamil Nadu, India.

Abstract

The taxonomy of Andrographis rothii C.B. Clarke is discussed here with a detailed description, illustrations, colour photographs and distribution map. Besides, the name A. lobelioides (Wall. ex Nees) Wight var. composita C.B. Clarke is lectotypified and relegated to a heterotypic synonym of A. rothii.

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Vol. 25 No. 2 (2015): Rheedea

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Gnanasekaran, G., Kottaimuthu, R., & Murthy, G. V. S. (2015). Taxonomy of Andrographis rothii : A stenoendemic species from the southern Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India with notes on lectotypification and identity of A. lobelioides var. composita (Acanthaceae). Rheedea, 25(2), 109-115. https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2015.25.02.07

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