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Volume 59, Issue 1, July 2017

Articles

A Reinvestigation on the Taxonomic Identity and Nomenclature of Cinnamomum heyneanum and C. riparium (Lauraceae) in the Western Ghats, India

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v59/2017/117149

Published 2017-12-01

  • A. J. Robi
    • ,
  • P. S. Udayan

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

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

Abstract

The taxonomic identity and nomenclature of the two species namely, Cinnamomum heyneanum Nees and C. riparium Gamble (Lauraceae) have been resolved with critical notes on the distribution of the two species in the Western Ghats.

Keywords

Cinnamomum heyneanum, C. riparium, Lauraceae, Southern Western Ghats.

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