Volume 26, Issue 77, January - June, 2025

Lindernia tamilnadensis (Linderniaceae), a new record to the flora of Odisha state, India from Mahanadi River areas of Cuttack

Rajkumari Supriya Devi¹, Sweta Mishra¹, Sugimani Marndi¹, Rajeev Kumar Singh^2♦, Arun Kumar Mishra³, Sanjeet Kumar¹

¹Biodiversity and Conservation Laboratory, Ambika Prasad Research Foundation, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
²Botanical Survey of India, Arid Zone Regional Centre, AIIMS Road, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
³Forest, Environment and Climate Change Department, Government of Odisha, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

^♦Corresponding Author
Botanical Survey of India, Arid Zone Regional Centre, AIIMS Road, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

ABSTRACT

A new distributional habitat of Lindernia tamilnadensis M.G.Prasad & Sunojk. has been found from the banks of Mahanadi River areas of Cuttack, Odisha. The recorded species shows some similar characteristics with L. rotundifolia (L.) Alston and L. parviflora (Roxb.) Haines. The brief taxonomic description, illustration and field data information are specified here.

Keywords: Endemic, new record, Linderniaceae, Cuttack, Odisha

Species, 2025, 26(77), e15s1801

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi.v26i77.e15s1801

Published: 21 February 2025