A New crustose species of Zeylanidium (Podostemaceae) from Kerala, India

Masahiro Kato; Satoshi  Koi; Chie Tsutsumi; Natsu Katayama

doi:10.22244/rheedea.2015.25.02.16

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Published: 31.12.2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2015.25.02.16

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Podostemaceae, South India, Zeylanidium crustaceum

Masahiro Kato

Department of Botany, National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba 305-0005, Japan

Satoshi Koi

Botanical Gardens, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Osaka City University, 2000 Kisaichi, Katano, Osaka 576-0004, Japan

Chie Tsutsumi

Department of Botany, National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba 305-0005, Japan

Natsu Katayama

Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences, Japan Women’s University, 2-8-1 Mejirodai, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8681, Japan

Abstract

Zeylanidium includes two crustose-rooted species from Kerala, south India and Sri Lanka. We describe a third species, Zeylanidium crustaceum (sp. nov.) from Kerala, which is similar to Z. olivaceum and Z. maheshwarii, but differs from them by the subulate stigma. Its crustose root is derived independently of that of Z. olivaceum and Z. maheshwarii.

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Vol. 25 No. 2 (2015): Rheedea

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New Taxa

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Kato, M., Koi, S., Tsutsumi, C., & Katayama, N. (2015). A New crustose species of Zeylanidium (Podostemaceae) from Kerala, India. Rheedea, 25(2), 156-158. https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2015.25.02.16

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