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Is Hemigraphis venosa C.B. Clarke (Acanthaceae) Extinct?


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1 Botanical Survey of India, Southern Circle, Coimbatore - 641 003, India
 

Hemigraphis venosa, a species described from Tamil Nadu, India and in all probability never collected after the type, is described in detail and illustrated for the first time. The confusion in its taxonomy and nomenclature is pointed out. The need to rediscover it is stressed.
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P. Venu
Botanical Survey of India, Southern Circle, Coimbatore - 641 003, India
P. Daniel
Botanical Survey of India, Southern Circle, Coimbatore - 641 003, India

Abstract


Hemigraphis venosa, a species described from Tamil Nadu, India and in all probability never collected after the type, is described in detail and illustrated for the first time. The confusion in its taxonomy and nomenclature is pointed out. The need to rediscover it is stressed.