A new variety of Crotalaria assamica (Fabaceae – Papilionoideae), from the Western Ghats, India

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Published: 31.12.2011
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2011.21.02.06
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Crotalaria assamica var. keralensis, Fabaceae, India, Western Ghats

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M. V. Krishnaraj
Tropical Botanic Garden & Research lnstitute Pacha-Palode, Thiruvananthapuram - 695 562, lndia.
N. Mohanan
Tropical Botanic Garden & Research lnstitute Pacha-Palode, Thiruvananthapuram - 695 562, lndia.
V. T. Antony
Regional Herbarium Kerala, S.B. College, Changanacherry, Kottayam - 686 101, Kerala, India

Abstract

A new variety, viz., Crotalaria assamica Benth. var. keralensis is described and illustrated. The taxon differs from var. assamica and var. philippinensis Adema in having glabrous, lenticellate or warty stem, and reticulately veined, glabrous calyx tube and lobes.

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Vol. 21 No. 2 (2011): Rheedea

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New Taxa
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Krishnaraj, M. V., Mohanan, N., & Antony, V. T. (2011). A new variety of Crotalaria assamica (Fabaceae – Papilionoideae), from the Western Ghats, India. Rheedea, 21(2), 153-156. https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2011.21.02.06
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