A Review of the Genus Mussaenda (Rubiaceae) from Great Nicobar Island, India, including a New Species

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Published: 30.12.2009
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2009.19.1-2.12
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Mussaenda, Rubiaceae, New Species, Great Nicobar Island

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Vinod B. Shimpale
Department of Botany, The New College, Kolhapur – 416 012, Maharashtra, India
S. R. Yadav
Department of Botany, Shivaji University, Kolhapur – 416 004, Maharashtra, India
C. R. Babu
Centre for Environmental Management of Degraded Ecosystems, University of Delhi, Delhi – 110 007, India

Abstract

Five species of the genus Mussaenda L. are reported from Great Nicobar Island. Out of these M. nicobarica is described as a new species, M. wallichii G. Don is collected after Kurz’s collection, M. frondosa L. and M. macrophylla Wall. are widely distributed species while for the Indian flora M. villosa Wall. ex Hook.f. is confined to Great Nicobar Island. A taxonomic account of Mussaenda species from Great Nicobar Island along with a new species is presented. 

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Vol. 19 No. 1 & 2 (2009): Rheedea

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Shimpale, V. B. ., Yadav, S. R., & Babu, C. R. (2009). A Review of the Genus Mussaenda (Rubiaceae) from Great Nicobar Island, India, including a New Species. Rheedea, 19(1 & 2), 53-57. https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2009.19.1-2.12

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