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Volume 60, Issue 2, December 2018

Articles

Cinnamomum ovalifolium (Lauraceae) – A new record for India with notes on its lectotypification

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v60/2018/122393

Published 2018-12-31

  • A. J. Robi
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  • V. P. Thomas
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  • V. K. Sreenivas
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  • P. S. Udayan
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  • P. Sujanapal

A. J. Robi
Department of Botany, Bishop Abraham Memorial College, Thuruthicad, Pathanamthitta – 689597, Kerala

V. P. Thomas
P.G. Department of Botany, Catholicate College, Pathanamthitta – 689645, Kerala

V. K. Sreenivas
Department of Botany, Sri Vyasa NSS College, Vyasagiri P.O., Wadakkanchery, Thrissur – 680 623, Kerala

P. S. Udayan
P.G. Department of Botany and Research Centre, Sree Krishna College, Ariyannur P.O., Guruvayur, Thrissur – 680102, Kerala

P. Sujanapal
Silviculture Division, Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Thrissur – 680653, Kerala

Abstract

Cinnamomum ovalifolium Wight, a Sri Lankan plant has been recorded for the first time from India. It was collected from the Kerala part of Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve of Thiruvananthapuram district, southern Western Ghats. A detailed account on taxonomy, ecology and illustration of the species has been provided for the easy identification.

Keywords

Cinnamomum, Kerala, Lauraceae, Lectotype, New Record.

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