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Type: Article
Published: 2016-05-03
Page range: 295–300
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A new species of Psychotria (Rubiaceae) from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India

Botanical Survey of India (BSI), Andaman and Nicobar Regional Centre (ANRC), Port Blair - 744 102, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India.
Botanical Survey of India (BSI), CGO Complex, Salt Lake City, Kolkata - 700 064, West Bengal, India
Little Nicobar Island new species Psychotria Rubiaceae Magnoliids India

Abstract

Psychotria vasudevae, a new species belongs to the family Rubiaceae is described from the Little Nicobar Tribal Reserve and Katchal Island of the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. This species is closely allied to Psychotria nicobarica, by having similar leaf shape (elliptic-oblanceolate), nature of inflorescence (terminal cyme), and 5-merous flowers but from which it can be distinguished by the more slender and glabrous stems, glabrous midrib with 12 or 13 pairs of secondary veins, acute stipules, longer calyx lobes, externally pubescent corolla lobes, papillose stigma and globose fruits. A detailed description, illustration, distribution map, and photographic plate are provided.