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Type: Article
Published: 2016-06-22
Page range: 141–145
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Alysicarpus gautalensis (Leguminosae: Desmodieae), a new species from Maharashtra, India

Department of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007, India
Department of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007, India
Aurangabad Gautala Fabaceae new taxon Eudicots India

Abstract

Alysicarpus gautalensis, a new species of legume, is described from Maharashtra, India. It differs from A. bupleurifolius in having glabrous branches, elliptic-oblong, obtuse leaves with ciliate margins and trichomes present on both surfaces, lobes of the calyx ciliate, pods 2–6 jointed, moniliform with a foveo-rugulate surface sculpturing.