Vigna yadavii (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae), a new species from Western Ghats, India

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: Ceratotropis · Topics: Agricultural pest management studies, Botanical Research and Chemistry, Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies

A new species of Vigna Savi, subgenus Ceratotropis (Piper) Verdc., Vigna yadavii S.P. Gaikwad, R.D. Gore, S.D. Randive & K.U. Garad, sp. nov. is described and illustrated here. It is morphologically close to Vigna dalzelliana (Kuntze) Verdc. but differs in its underground obligate cleistogamous flowers on positively geotropic branches, hairy calyx, small corolla, linear style beak and dimorphic seeds with shiny seed coat.

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