Volume 24, Issue 74, July - December, 2023

Eriocaulon ravii (Eriocaulaceae), a new species from Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve, Kerala region, India

Shaju T¹, Rajendraprasad M¹, Raghu AV², Rijuraj MP^1,3♦, Ashi AM¹

¹Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode, Karimankode P.O., Thiruvananthapuram - 695 562, Kerala, India
²Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Thrissur - 680 653, Kerala, India
³University of Kerala, Palayam, Thiruvananthapuram - 695 034, Kerala, India

^♦Corresponding author
University of Kerala, Palayam, Thiruvananthapuram - 695 034, Kerala, India

ABSTRACT

A new species of Eriocaulon, E. ravii (Eriocaulaceae), is described and illustrated from the Kerala region of Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve (ABR), southern Western Ghats, India. Morphologically the species is similar to E. ensiforme, but differs by creeping rhizome, strictly 7-ribbed peduncle, broadly keeled sepals and shortly clawed petals of female flowers, 3-5 curved and straight appendages in cells of the seed coat.

Keywords: India, Eriocaulaceae, Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve, Endemic, Kerala.

Species, 2023, 24(74), e69s1573

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi.v24i74.e69s1573

Published: 12 August 2023