Sonerila nairii (Melastomataceae) – a new species from the southern Western Ghats, India

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: Sonerila · Topics: Plant Diversity and Evolution, Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions, Fern and Epiphyte Biology

The new species Sonerila nairii (Melastomataceae) is here described from Pothumala of the Nelliampathy hill ranges of Western Ghats of Kerala, India. Morphologically it most closely resembles Sonerila erecta and Sonerila pulneyensis from which differs by the form of the stem, leaves, peduncle, pedicel, inflorescence, pubescence of the stem, leaves and hypanthium, and by the form of stamens and stigma.

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