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Volume 64, Issue 1, July 2022

Articles

Pavetta thwaitesii (Rubiaceae), a New Addition to Flora of India

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v64/2022/170454

Published 2022-08-02

  • R. G. Vadhyar
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  • P. Murugan
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  • K. A. Sujana

R. G. Vadhyar
Botanical Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, Lawley Road, Coimbatore – 641003, Tamil Nadu

P. Murugan
Botanical Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, Lawley Road, Coimbatore – 641003, Tamil Nadu

K. A. Sujana
Botanical Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, Lawley Road, Coimbatore – 641003, Tamil Nadu

Abstract

Pavetta thwaitesii has been reported from Kanyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary of Tamil Nadu, as a new record for India. Detailed description, illustration, color photographs and micrograph of SEM also provided.

Keywords

Kanyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary, Pavetta, Pollen, SEM, Tamil Nadu.

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