A new species of Boesenbergia and rediscovery of B. rotunda (Zingiberaceae) from India

AISHWARYA K.; M.R. VINITHA; GEORGE THOMAS; M. SABU

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.197.3.2

Issue: Vol. 197 No. 3: 16 February 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-02-16

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.197.3.2

Page range: 186–196

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**A new species of Boesenbergia and rediscovery of B. rotunda (Zingiberaceae) from India**

AISHWARYA K.⁺⁻
M.R. VINITHA⁺⁻
GEORGE THOMAS⁺⁻
M. SABU⁺⁻

Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Kerala 673635, India.

Plant Molecular Biology, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695014, India

2Plant Molecular Biology, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695014, India

Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Kerala 673635, India.

Boesenbergia meghalayense Northeast India morphology anatomy molecular biology

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Abstract

A new species of Boesenbergia from northeast India is described and illustrated. Besides, the rediscovery of B. rotunda from India after a century is reported. In addition to morphology, data from anatomy, molecular biology and pollen morphology are also used.