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Volume 65, Issue 2, December 2023

Articles

On the identity and distribution of Varronia curassavica (Boraginaceae), a naturalised tropical American species in India from Kerala

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v65/2023/173204

Published 2023-12-01

  • Sujana K. A.
    • ,
  • S. Arumugam
    • ,
  • Akhil Sajan
    • ,
  • S. Navya

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

S. Arumugam
Botanical Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu - 641003

Akhil Sajan
Botanical Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu - 641003

S. Navya
Botanical Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu - 641003

Abstract

Varronia curassavica (Boraginaceae) was reported from Kerala as a new naturalized species. A detailed description with photographs and characteristic features is provided here for the correct identification. The status of the occurrence of Varronia cylindristachya Ruiz & Pav. in Kerala was also discussed.

Keywords

Boraginaceae, India, Kerala, New Record, Varronia.

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