Abstract
05Apr 2019 ROTALA BAILEYANA SP.NOV. (LYTHRACEAE) FROM KERALA, INDIA. Rogimon P Thomas , Joby Paul , Rameshan M. , Nisha P. and Ignatius Antony. Department of Botany, CMS College Kottayam (Autonomous), Kerala, India-686001. Department of Botany, St. Thomas College (Autonomous), Thrissur, Kerala, India. National Centre for Earth Science Studies, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Akkulam,Thiruvananthapuram. Department of Botany, St Xaviers College for Women, Aluva, Kerala, India.
Highlights
Rotala baileyana, a new species of Lythraceae, collected from temporary pools on lateritic hills in Kasaragod district of Kerala, India is described and illustrated
It is similar to R. tulunadensis but differs by its annual habit, oblong-obovate submerged leaves with entire
Margin; oblong-obovate aerial leaves with retuse apex and clasping base; 2-6 mm pedicels, absence of bract; triangular-falcate bracteole; presence of nectory gland in the joining of calyx lobes, calyx tube wing with a constriction and projection below the lobes, elliptic-oblong petals with retuse apex; red anther lobes with broad connective
Summary
ROTALA BAILEYANA SP.NOV. (LYTHRACEAE) FROM KERALA, INDIA. Rogimon P Thomas, Joby Paul, Rameshan M.3, Nisha P.4 and Ignatius Antony. Rogimon P Thomas, Joby Paul, Rameshan M.3, Nisha P.4 and Ignatius Antony. 1. Department of Botany, CMS College Kottayam (Autonomous), Kerala, India-686001. 2. Department of Botany, St. Thomas’ College (Autonomous), Thrissur, Kerala, India. 3. National Centre for Earth Science Studies, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Akkulam,Thiruvananthapuram. 4. Department of Botany, St Xavier's College for Women, Aluva, Kerala, India
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