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Rediscovery and Lectotypification of Drypetes porteri (Putranjivaceae: Phyllanthoideae: Drypeteae), A Narrow Endemic and Endangered Species of the Western Ghats, India


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Drypetes porteri (Gamble) Pax & K. Hoffm. is rediscovered after type collection (121 years) from type locality from Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary, southern Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India. Lectotypification, brief description amended with fruit morphology and colour photographs are provided here for easy identification.

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Drypetes, Endemic, Lectotype, Megamalai.
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  • Rediscovery and Lectotypification of Drypetes porteri (Putranjivaceae: Phyllanthoideae: Drypeteae), A Narrow Endemic and Endangered Species of the Western Ghats, India

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Authors

S. Arumugam
Botanical Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, Lawley Road Post, TNAU Campus, Coimbatore – 641 003, Tamil Nadu, India
V. Ravichandran
Botanical Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, Lawley Road Post, TNAU Campus, Coimbatore – 641 003, Tamil Nadu, India
R. Manikandan
Botanical Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, Lawley Road Post, TNAU Campus, Coimbatore – 641 003, Tamil Nadu, India
C. Murugan
Botanical Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, Lawley Road Post, TNAU Campus, Coimbatore – 641 003, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract


Drypetes porteri (Gamble) Pax & K. Hoffm. is rediscovered after type collection (121 years) from type locality from Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary, southern Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India. Lectotypification, brief description amended with fruit morphology and colour photographs are provided here for easy identification.

Keywords


Drypetes, Endemic, Lectotype, Megamalai.

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