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Cinnamomum ovalifolium (Lauraceae) –A New Record for India with Notes on its Lectotypification


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1 Department of Botany, Bishop Abraham Memorial College, Thuruthicad, Pathanamthitta – 689597, Kerala, India
2 Department of Botany, Catholicate College, Pathanamthitta – 689645, Kerala, India
3 Department of Botany, Sri Vyasa NSS College, Vyasagiri P.O., Wadakkanchery, Thrissur – 680623, Kerala, India
4 Department of Botany & Research Centre, Sree Krishna College, Ariyannur P.O., Guruvayur, Thrissur – 680102, Kerala, India
5 Silviculture Division, Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Thrissur – 680653, Kerala, India
 

Cinnamomum ovalifolium Wight, a Sri Lankan plant has been recorded for the first time from India. It was collected from the Kerala part of Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve of Thiruvananthapuram district, southern Western Ghats. A detailed account on taxonomy, ecology and illustration of the species has been provided for the easy identification.

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Cinnamomum, Kerala, Lauraceae, Lectotype, New Record.
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Authors

A. J. Robi
Department of Botany, Bishop Abraham Memorial College, Thuruthicad, Pathanamthitta – 689597, Kerala, India
V. P. Thomas
Department of Botany, Catholicate College, Pathanamthitta – 689645, Kerala, India
V. K. Sreenivas
Department of Botany, Sri Vyasa NSS College, Vyasagiri P.O., Wadakkanchery, Thrissur – 680623, Kerala, India
P. S. Udayan
Department of Botany & Research Centre, Sree Krishna College, Ariyannur P.O., Guruvayur, Thrissur – 680102, Kerala, India
P. Sujanapal
Silviculture Division, Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Thrissur – 680653, Kerala, India

Abstract


Cinnamomum ovalifolium Wight, a Sri Lankan plant has been recorded for the first time from India. It was collected from the Kerala part of Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve of Thiruvananthapuram district, southern Western Ghats. A detailed account on taxonomy, ecology and illustration of the species has been provided for the easy identification.

Keywords


Cinnamomum, Kerala, Lauraceae, Lectotype, New Record.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo%2Fv60%2F2018%2F122393