A New Species of Eriocaulon L. · (Eriocaulaceae) from Anamalai Hills of Kerala, India

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Published: 30.06.2006
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2006.16.01.11
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Eriocaulon devendranii, New species, Anamalai, Kerala

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R. Vijaya Sankar
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT), # 74/2, Jarakabande Kaval, Yelahanka, Bangalore 560 064, Karnataka, India.
K. Ravikumar
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT), # 74/2, Jarakabande Kaval, Yelahanka, Bangalore 560 064, Karnataka, India.
N. M. Ganesh Babu
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT), # 74/2, Jarakabande Kaval, Yelahanka, Bangalore 560 064, Karnataka, India.

Abstract

Eriocaulon devendranii, a new species in Eriocaulaceae, is described and illustrated from Anamalai in the Western Ghats of Kerala. This species is allied to E. xeranthemum Mart. found almost throughout India, Nepal and Myanmar but differs in having spathes nearly equalling the peduncles, involucral bracts with multifid apices, obtuse floral bracts and obtuse male perianth lobes. 

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Vol. 16 No. 1 (2006): Rheedea

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New Taxa
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Vijaya Sankar, R. ., Ravikumar, K., & Ganesh Babu, N. M. (2006). A New Species of Eriocaulon L. · (Eriocaulaceae) from Anamalai Hills of Kerala, India. Rheedea, 16(1), 59-61. https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2006.16.01.11

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