Cuscuta janarthanamii (Convolvulaceae), a new species from lateritic plateaus of Western Ghats, India

Kolte, R.R.; Deshpande, A.S.; Gaonkar, V.U.; Prabhu, T.N.; Kambale, S.S.

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Cuscuta janarthanamii (Convolvulaceae), a new species from lateritic plateaus of Western Ghats, India

Kolte, R.R.; Deshpande, A.S.; Gaonkar, V.U.; Prabhu, T.N.; Kambale, S.S.

Source : Rheedea. 29(3); 2019; 193-196.

URI: http://rheedea.in/journal/tCyQ9580
http://irgu.unigoa.ac.in/drs/handle/unigoa/5863

Date: 2019

Document Type: Journal article

Abstract:

Cuscuta janarthanamii (Convolvulaceae) is herein described and illustrated as a new species. This new species is morphologically similar to C. capitata Roxb. and grows parasitically on Lepidagathis keralensis Madhus. & N.P.Singh (Acanthaceae). A detailed description and the photographs of the new taxon are provided here.

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