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Volume 59, Issue 1, July 2017

Articles

Symplocos bractealis (Symplocaceae), a New Addition to the Flora of India

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v59/2017/117151

Published 2017-12-01

  • Raveendran Jagadeesan
    • ,
  • Konickal Mambetta Prabhukumar
    • ,
  • Gopalakrishnan Prasad
    • ,
  • Vannaratta Veettil Naveen Kumar
    • ,
  • Indira Balachandran

Raveendran Jagadeesan
Plant Systematics and Genetic Resources Division, Centre for Medicinal Plants Research, Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, Kerala

Konickal Mambetta Prabhukumar
Plant Systematics and Genetic Resources Division, Centre for Medicinal Plants Research, Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, Kerala

Gopalakrishnan Prasad
Research and Development Centre, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India & Wildlife Warden, Munnar Division, Kerala

Vannaratta Veettil Naveen Kumar
Plant Systematics and Genetic Resources Division, Centre for Medicinal Plants Research, Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, Kerala

Indira Balachandran
Plant Systematics and Genetic Resources Division, Centre for Medicinal Plants Research, Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, Kerala

Abstract

Symplocos bractealis Thw. (Symplocaceae) being considered an endemic tree species in the montane forests of Sri Lanka is reported here as a new record to the flora of India. The present paper provides the detailed description, distributional and ecological notes along with a digital photograph.

Keywords

Symplocos, Symplocaceae, Endemic, Sir Lanka, Extended Distribution, India, New Addition.

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