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Symplocos bractealis (Symplocaceae), a New Addition to the Flora of India


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1 Plant Systematics and Genetic Resources Division, Centre for Medicinal Plants Research, Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, Kerala, India
2 Research and Development Centre, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India & Wildlife Warden, Munnar Division, Kerala, India
 

Symplocos bractealis Thw. (Symplocaceae) being considered an endemic tree species in the montane forests of Sri Lanka is reported here as a new record to the flora of India. The present paper provides the detailed description, distributional and ecological notes along with a digital photograph.

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Symplocos, Symplocaceae, Endemic, Sir Lanka, Extended Distribution, India, New Addition.
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Authors

Raveendran Jagadeesan
Plant Systematics and Genetic Resources Division, Centre for Medicinal Plants Research, Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, Kerala, India
Konickal Mambetta Prabhukumar
Plant Systematics and Genetic Resources Division, Centre for Medicinal Plants Research, Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, Kerala, India
Gopalakrishnan Prasad
Research and Development Centre, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India & Wildlife Warden, Munnar Division, Kerala, India
Vannaratta Veettil Naveen Kumar
Plant Systematics and Genetic Resources Division, Centre for Medicinal Plants Research, Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, Kerala, India
Indira Balachandran
Plant Systematics and Genetic Resources Division, Centre for Medicinal Plants Research, Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, Kerala, India

Abstract


Symplocos bractealis Thw. (Symplocaceae) being considered an endemic tree species in the montane forests of Sri Lanka is reported here as a new record to the flora of India. The present paper provides the detailed description, distributional and ecological notes along with a digital photograph.

Keywords


Symplocos, Symplocaceae, Endemic, Sir Lanka, Extended Distribution, India, New Addition.

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