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Peperomia albertiae (Piperaceae), a new species from India

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Peperomia albertiae is presented as a new epiphytic or epilithic species of Peperomia (Piperaceae), occurring in Tropical montane cloud forests of the southern Western Ghats of Kerala, India. The new taxon is described and illustrated, notes on its distribution, ecology and phenology are given and a comparison with morphologically similar taxa made.

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Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful to St. Albert’s College (Autonomous), Kerala India for providing research facilities. We would like to express our gratitude to Dr Marie-Stéphanie Samain, Senior Researcher (Instituto de Ecología, A.C.) Michoacán, Mexico, Dr Stephen Sequeira, Maharajas College (Autonomous) Ernakulam, India and Dr Chalermpol Suwanphakdee Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand for his advice and help in identification. We extend our most sincere thanks to Kerala forest Department for permitting access to the forest area for research and our friend Mr P. Javad, research assistant for his advice on preparing the manuscript. We would also like to thank the directors and staff of herbaria CAL, MH and SAC.

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Thomas, A., Jameson, J. Peperomia albertiae (Piperaceae), a new species from India. Kew Bull 77, 341–346 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-022-10006-7

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