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MEMECYLON NERVOSUM (MELASTOMATACEAE), A NEW SPECIES FROM SOUTH INDIA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 April 2020

R. G. Vadhyar ,
J. H. F. Benjamin  and
K. A. Sujana
R. G. Vadhyar
Affiliation:
Botanical Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, Coimbatore – 641 003, Tamil Nadu, India. E-mail for correspondence: sujanakole@gmail.com
J. H. F. Benjamin
Affiliation:
Botanical Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, Coimbatore – 641 003, Tamil Nadu, India. E-mail for correspondence: sujanakole@gmail.com
K. A. Sujana
Affiliation:
Botanical Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, Coimbatore – 641 003, Tamil Nadu, India. E-mail for correspondence: sujanakole@gmail.com
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Abstract

Memecylon nervosum Vadhyar, J.H.F.Benj. & Sujana, a new species of Melastomataceae from the Kanyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Ghats, India, is described and illustrated. It is compared with the closely allied Memecylon heyneanum Benth. and Memecylon jambosioides Wight.

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IndiaKanyakumari Wildlife SanctuaryMelastomataceaeMemecylon nervosum
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany , Volume 77 , Issue 3 , November 2020 , pp. 403 - 411
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© Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (2020)

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