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Volume 64, Issue 2, December 2022

Short Communications

Extended Distribution Of Endangered Palaquium raviiSasidh. & Vink (Sapotaceae) In Western Ghats Of Tamil Nadu, India

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v64/2022/172409

Published 2022-12-31

  • A. Saravanan
    • ,
  • R. Kottaimuthu

A. Saravanan
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bengaluru, Karnataka

R. Kottaimuthu
Department of Botany, Alagappa University, Karaikudi-630003, Tamil Nadu

Abstract

Palaquium ravii Sasidh. & Vink is a strict endemic species of Kerala, hitherto not reported from Tamil Nadu. It is being reported here as an addition to the Sapotaceae of Tamil Nadu based on the collections from the wet evergreen forests of KMTR. Brief description of the species, relevant information and images are provided.

Keywords

Endemic, Hot spot, KMTR, Western Ghats

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