A NEW SPECIES OF CEROPEGIA (APOCYNACEAE: CEROPEGIEAE) FROM A MIDLAND LATERITIC HILL OF KERALA, INDIA.

P.S Prakash,Manudev K.M,C Pramod,Sharads Kambale

doi:10.21474/ijar01/466

Abstract

31May 2016 A NEW SPECIES OF CEROPEGIA (APOCYNACEAE: CEROPEGIEAE) FROM A MIDLAND LATERITIC HILL OF KERALA, INDIA. Manudev K. M. , Sharad S. Kambale , C. Pramod and P.S. Prakash. Department of Botany, St. Joseph’s College, Devagiri, Kozhikode District, Kerala – 673 008, India. Department of Botany, MVP’s Arts, Commerce and Science College, Tryambakeshwar, Nashik – 422 212, India. Department of Botany, Govt. Brennen College, Thalassery, Kannur District, Kerala – 670 176, India.

Highlights

The genus Ceropegia L. includes more than 200 species distributed in the Old World ranging from South East Asia, India, Madagascar, Tropical Arabia, Canary Islands and Africa except the Mediterranean region, New Guinea and Northern Australia (Surveswaran et al 2009). Karthikeyan et al (2009) reported 56 species, 2 subspecies and 3 varieties from India which does not include a species published by Daniel and Umamaheswari (2001)
The new species is morphologically allied to Ceropegia spiralis Hook.f. & Thomson, but differs by having corolla lobes shorter than the tube, corolla tube glabrous within and hairy outer corona
Western Ghats is the centre of diversity of the genus in India which harbors 46 taxa (Nair et al 2014) of which 20 species and 2 varieties occur in Kerala (Nair et al 2006)

Summary

Introduction

The genus Ceropegia L. includes more than 200 species distributed in the Old World ranging from South East Asia, India, Madagascar, Tropical Arabia, Canary Islands and Africa except the Mediterranean region, New Guinea and Northern Australia (Surveswaran et al 2009). Karthikeyan et al (2009) reported 56 species, 2 subspecies and 3 varieties from India which does not include a species published by Daniel and Umamaheswari (2001). A new species of Apocynaceae from the southern Western Ghats, is described and illustrated.

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