Abstract
25Aug 2017 PILEA VICTORIAE (URTICACEAE), A NEW STRIKING SPECIES FROM THE MURAL FLORA OF WESTERN GHATS, INDIA. Sojan Jose , *Suresh V , Hareesh VS , Robi AJ , ResmyPS , Dinesh Raj R , Asha VV , Prakashkumar R andMadhusoodanan PV. Government Victoria College, Palakkad, Kerala, India. Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Kerala, India. Bishop Abraham Memorial College, Thuruthicad, Pathanamthitta, Kerala, India. Department of Botany and Biotechnology, Bishop Moore College, Mavelikkara, Kerala, India. Plant Disease Biology & Biotechnology, Rajiv Gandhi Centre For Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. Malabar Botanical Garden and Institute for Plant Sciences, Olavanna, Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
Highlights
Ghats of Kerala is described and illustrated as Pilea victoriae sp. nov
The main revision of the Urticaceae was done by Weddell (1847, 1852) and additional treatments were published by Gaudichaud (1830), Bentham & Hooker (1883), Engler (1894) and Friis (1989)
Several new species were described from Central America, Costa Rica and China (Monro 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004,; Monro et al 2012) and Monro (2006) proposed a phylogenetic framework for the strategic revision of Pilea, based on cpDNA, nrDNA and morphology
Summary
PILEA VICTORIAE (URTICACEAE), A NEW STRIKING SPECIES FROM THE MURAL FLORA OF WESTERN GHATS, INDIA. Sojan Jose1,6, *Suresh V1 , Hareesh VS2, Robi AJ3, Resmy PS1, Dinesh Raj R4, Asha VV5, Prakashkumar R6 and Madhusoodanan PV6. 1. Government Victoria College, Palakkad, Kerala, India. 2. Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Kerala, India. 3. Bishop Abraham Memorial College, Thuruthicad, Pathanamthitta, Kerala, India. 4. Department of Botany and Biotechnology, Bishop Moore College, Mavelikkara, Kerala, India. 5. Plant Disease Biology & Biotechnology, Rajiv Gandhi Centre For Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. 6. Malabar Botanical Garden and Institute for Plant Sciences, Olavanna, Kozhikode, Kerala, India
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