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New Taxa and Record from Saddle Peak, Andaman Islands


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1 Botanical Survey of India, Port Blair, India
 

The present paper describes 7 new taxa i.e. Tadehagi triquetrum ssp. andamanicum (Fabaceae), Memecylon collinum (Melastomataceae), Diplospora andamanica (Rubiaceae), Vernonia andamanica (Asteraceae), Jasminum unifoliolatum (Oleaceae), Phyllanthus andamanicus and Trigonostemon uiridissimus var. confertifolius (Euphorbiaceae). A new record for India, Hopea helferi (Dyer) Brandis (Dipterocarpaceae) is also described and reported from Andaman Islands. Five new taxa are illustrated.
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N. S. Balakrishnan
Botanical Survey of India, Port Blair, India
N . G. Nair
Botanical Survey of India, Port Blair, India

Abstract


The present paper describes 7 new taxa i.e. Tadehagi triquetrum ssp. andamanicum (Fabaceae), Memecylon collinum (Melastomataceae), Diplospora andamanica (Rubiaceae), Vernonia andamanica (Asteraceae), Jasminum unifoliolatum (Oleaceae), Phyllanthus andamanicus and Trigonostemon uiridissimus var. confertifolius (Euphorbiaceae). A new record for India, Hopea helferi (Dyer) Brandis (Dipterocarpaceae) is also described and reported from Andaman Islands. Five new taxa are illustrated.