A new Subspecies of Symplocos macrophylla Wall. ex DC. (Symplocaceae) from India

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Published: 31.12.1997
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.1997.07.02.05
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Symplocos macrophylla , Symplocaceae, Western Ghats

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M. Sivadasan
Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Calicut University P.O. - 673 635, Kerala India
N. Mohanan
Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode, Thiruvananthapuram - 695 562, Kerala India
M. Rajakumar
Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode, Thiruvananthapuram - 695 562, Kerala India

Abstract

Symplocos macrophylla Wall. ex DC. subsp. namboodirianus Sivadasan et Mohanan (Symplocaceae), a new subspecies closely related to S. macrophylla (Wight) Nooteb. is described. It is characterised by small leaves usually with 4-6 pairs of lateral veins, solitary axillary flowers, and peduncles with 3-4 prominent scars of the early deciduous bracts.

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Vol. 7 No. 2 (1997): Rheedea

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New Taxa
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Sivadasan, M., Mohanan, N., & Rajakumar, M. (1997). A new Subspecies of Symplocos macrophylla Wall. ex DC. (Symplocaceae) from India. Rheedea, 7(2), 89-92. https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.1997.07.02.05

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