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Volume 63, Issue 2, December 2021

Articles

Odisha bonaccordensis (Orchidaceae), A New Species from Western Ghats of Kerala, India

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v63/2021/167439

Published 2021-12-31

  • Kothareddy Prasad
    • ,
  • Jeewan Singh Jalal
    • ,
  • D. K. Agrawala

Kothareddy Prasad
Botanical Survey of India, Deccan Regional Centre, Koti, Hyderabad–500 095, Telangana

Jeewan Singh Jalal
Botanical Survey of India, Headquarters, CGO Complex, Sector - 1, Salt Lake City, Kolkata - 700064, West Bengal

D. K. Agrawala
Botanical Survey of India, Headquarters, CGO Complex, Sector - 1, Salt Lake City, Kolkata - 700064, West Bengal

Abstract

A new species of Odisha (Orchidaceae), O. bonaccordensis is described from the Western Ghats of Kerala, India in the sub-family Orchidoideae. The article deliberates on the exclusivity of the proposed new species with pertinent material and diagnostics. Also, an illustration and photo plates are presented to depict the morphology of new species.

Keywords

Orchidaceae, New Species, India, Kerala.

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