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Volume 65, Issue 1, July 2023

Articles

Addition of three lesser known endemic species to the state flora of Tamil Nadu

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v65/2023/172860

Published 2023-07-27

  • Murugesan. M
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  • Karthik. B
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  • V. Anusuba
    • ,
  • R. Tharani

Murugesan. M
Botanical Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, TNAU Campus, Lawley Road, Coimbatore – 641003, Tamil Nadu, India

Karthik. B
Botanical Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, TNAU Campus, Lawley Road, Coimbatore – 641003, Tamil Nadu, India

V. Anusuba
Botanical Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, TNAU Campus, Lawley Road, Coimbatore – 641003, Tamil Nadu, India

R. Tharani
Botanical Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, TNAU Campus, Lawley Road, Coimbatore – 641003, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract

Three lesser known endemic flowering plant species are reported here as additions to the flora of Tamil Nadu based on specimens collected from Bolampatty Reserve Forest of Coimbatore district in Tamil Nadu

Keywords

New records, Tamil Nadu, Heterostemma, Strobilanthes, Vincetoxicum.

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