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Type: Article
Published: 2017-10-13
Page range: 288–292
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Eriocaulon idukkianum, a new tuberous species of Eriocaulaceae from southern Western Ghats, India

Department of Botany, St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), Devagiri, Kozhikode District, Kerala, India – 673 008.
Department of Botany, Bishop Abraham Memorial College, Thuruthicad, Pathanamthitta District, Kerala, India – 689 597.
Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Malappuram District, Kerala, India – 673 635.
Endemic Eriocaulaceae Kerala Idukki southern Western Ghats Monocots

Abstract

Eriocaulon idukkianum, a new species of Eriocaulaceae from the southern Western Ghats, India, is described and illustrated. The new species is remarkable by the presence of a rootstock with a terminal tuber and seeds without appendages. The closest relative of this species is probably E. tuberiferum, a taxon known from Kolhapur, Nashik and Satara districts of Maharashtra.