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Volume 64, Issue 2, December 2022

Articles

Taxonomic notes on two stenoendemic species of Lepidagathis Willd. (Acanthaceae: Barlerieae) from Tamil Nadu, India

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v64/2022/172418

Published 2022-12-31

  • Anishkar Feroshwa Joy King
    • ,
  • Gunadayalan Gnanasekaran
    • ,
  • Wilson Arisdason

Anishkar Feroshwa Joy King
Department of Botany, Madras Christian College (Autonomous), Tambaram East, Chennai – 600 059, Tamil Nadu

Gunadayalan Gnanasekaran
Department of Botany, Madras Christian College (Autonomous), Tambaram East, Chennai – 600 059, Tamil Nadu

Wilson Arisdason
Botanical Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, TNAU Campus, Lawley Road, Coimbatore – 641 003, Tamil Nadu

Abstract

The taxonomy of two morphologically similar stenoendemic species from Tamil Nadu, namely Lepidagathis barberi Gamble and L. pungens Nees, is discussed here based on a thorough taxonomic revision. Detailed descriptions, illustrations, photographic plates comprising of fresh photographs and micrographs taken through light and scanning electronic microscopes, taxonomic key, distribution map and IUCN conservation status are provided for both the species. Lectotype for the name L. pungens is also designated here.

Keywords

Endangered, Endemic, Lectotype, Micrographs, Taxonomic Revision

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