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A new variety of Gymnosporia emarginata (Celastraceae) from the Coromandel Coast of Peninsular India

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P Umamaheswari Ecology Department, French Institute of Pondicherry, Puducherry – 605 001, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5021-8292
Natesan Balachandran Ecology Department, French Institute of Pondicherry, Puducherry – 605 001, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6396-3865
V Kumaresan Department of Botany, Kanchi Mamunivar Government Institute for Postgraduate Studies and Research, Puducherry – 605008, India https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9165-8809
K Yuvarani Department of Botany, Kanchi Mamunivar Government Institute for Postgraduate Studies and Research, Puducherry – 605008, India https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1970-9728

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14719/pst.2255

Keywords:

Dry evergreen forest, Maytenus, Pondicherry, Scrub vegetation, Tamil Nadu

Abstract

A new variety, Gymnosporia emarginata (Willd.) Thwaites var. coromandelica N.Balach. & P. Umamaheswari (Celastraceae) has been described from Tamil Nadu, India. The diagnostic characters of this variety are: long stamens, ovary immersed in the disc, style sessile and stigma lobes converged. Detailed descriptions, differences in characters between the 2 varieties, ITS based phylogenetic analysis and related images are provided for easy identification.

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Umamaheswari P, Balachandran N, Kumaresan V, Yuvarani K. A new variety of Gymnosporia emarginata (Celastraceae) from the Coromandel Coast of Peninsular India. Plant Sci. Today [Internet]. 2023 Apr. 20 [cited 2024 Nov. 24];. Available from: https://horizonepublishing.com/journals/index.php/PST/article/view/2255

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