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1. Sepal obtuse, aristate ..........................................................................................................................................................
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3. Bracteole absent...........................................................................................................................................................
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4. Stem hollow succulent and leaf narrow to linear .......................................................................................................
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4. Stem solid, non succulent and leaves broad ovate to obovate.........................................................................................
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5. Appendages on androecial tube
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5. Appendages on androecial tube
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6. Appendages on androecial tube entire to dentate ....................................................................................................
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7. Sepal villous with partially candilabriform trichomes .........................................................................................................
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7. Sepal villous with uniseriate simple trichomes ............................................................................................................
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Colla (1829: 131)
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but differs mainly in having peduncled inflorescence, 4–5 flowers per glomerule, linear to lanceolate shaped whitish bracts, absence of bracteoles, markedly pubescent sepal, appendages on androecial tube equaling the length of stamens and globose seeds.
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Description (macromorphology,
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glabrous, blade ovate 4.5–5.5 ×
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arranged in axillary peduncled glomerules, one from each node; peduncle green, terete, sparsely pubescent 1.5–2.5 ×
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arranged in 2 whorls; Outer sepals ovate, 1.5–2.2 × 0.5–1.0 mm, acute, apex pointed and often recurved, highly pubescent; trichomes simple, densely arranged at the base of the sepal, scattered in the middle and absent at the tip, white, slender with round apex. Inner sepals 4–5, lanceolate-ovate, 0.8–1.0 ×
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white, linear to lanceolate, small 0.8–1.0 mm, shorter than tepal, margin entire, apex acute, glabrous.
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absent. Stamens short,
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number, unite one another at the base of the ovary, forming a rim like structure, not fused with the ovary. Appendages on the androecial tube equal the length of stamens (
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long, style short, glabrous, stigma glandular.
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long, wrinkled surface texture throughout, white.
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whitish green,
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, globular.
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<paragraph id="126E36A8FFDBFF9D6BF153CA8E2C770C" blockId="1.[136,1451,2028,2086]" pageId="1" pageNumber="278">
<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFDBFF9D6BF153CA8DB8772B" bold="true" box="[136,255,2028,2050]" pageId="1" pageNumber="278">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFDBFF9D6A7F53CA8F4A772B" box="[262,525,2028,2049]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="278">Alternanthera ebracteolata</emphasis>
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.
<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFDBFF9D696253CB8F6A7728" bold="true" box="[539,557,2029,2050]" pageId="1" pageNumber="278">a.</emphasis>
habit;
<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFDBFF9D690A53CB8FC17728" bold="true" box="[627,646,2029,2050]" pageId="1" pageNumber="278">b.</emphasis>
synflorescence;
<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFDBFF9D685353CB8E7C7728" bold="true" box="[810,827,2029,2050]" pageId="1" pageNumber="278">c.</emphasis>
flowering twig;
<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFDBFF9D689953CB8EB37728" bold="true" box="[992,1012,2029,2050]" pageId="1" pageNumber="278">d.</emphasis>
inflorescence;
<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFDBFF9D6FF053CB89DD7728" bold="true" box="[1161,1178,2029,2050]" pageId="1" pageNumber="278">e.</emphasis>
flower;
<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFDBFF9D6F9753CA88537728" bold="true" box="[1262,1300,2028,2050]" pageId="1" pageNumber="278">f–g.</emphasis>
appendages on androecium and stamen;
<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFDBFF9D6A005C378CCB770C" bold="true" box="[377,396,2065,2086]" pageId="1" pageNumber="278">h.</emphasis>
Outer sepal;
<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFDBFF9D69745C368F5E770C" bold="true" box="[525,537,2064,2086]" pageId="1" pageNumber="278">i.</emphasis>
inner sepal;
<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFDBFF9D69EC5C368FE4770C" bold="true" box="[661,675,2064,2086]" pageId="1" pageNumber="278">j.</emphasis>
gynoecium;
<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFDBFF9D68595C378E73770C" bold="true" box="[800,820,2065,2086]" pageId="1" pageNumber="278">k.</emphasis>
seed.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="126E36A8FFD8FF9E6BF153708F3378BB" blockId="2.[136,1452,1878,1937]" pageId="2" pageNumber="279">
<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFD8FF9E6BF153708DB97846" bold="true" box="[136,254,1878,1900]" pageId="2" pageNumber="279">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFD8FF9E6A7D53718F4D7846" box="[260,522,1879,1900]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="279">Alternanthera ebracteolata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFD8FF9E696E53718F6E7846" bold="true" box="[535,553,1879,1900]" pageId="2" pageNumber="279">a.</emphasis>
habit;
<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFD8FF9E691553718FC77846" bold="true" box="[620,640,1879,1900]" pageId="2" pageNumber="279">b.</emphasis>
synflorescence;
<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFD8FF9E685B53718E747846" bold="true" box="[802,819,1879,1900]" pageId="2" pageNumber="279">c.</emphasis>
flower;
<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFD8FF9E68FC53718EDE7846" bold="true" box="[901,921,1879,1900]" pageId="2" pageNumber="279">d.</emphasis>
cross section of flower;
<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFD8FF9E6FFE537189DF7846" bold="true" box="[1159,1176,1879,1900]" pageId="2" pageNumber="279">e.</emphasis>
appendages on androecium;
<taxonomicName id="D5D14D2BFFD8FF9E6BF1535C8D8A78BA" box="[136,205,1914,1936]" form="outer" pageId="2" pageNumber="279" rank="form">
<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFD8FF9E6BF1535C8DD178BA" bold="true" box="[136,150,1914,1936]" pageId="2" pageNumber="279">f.</emphasis>
outer
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sepal;
<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFD8FF9E6A68535D8C6478BA" bold="true" box="[273,291,1915,1936]" pageId="2" pageNumber="279">g.</emphasis>
inner sepal;
<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFD8FF9E6AE6535D8CF578BA" bold="true" box="[415,434,1915,1936]" pageId="2" pageNumber="279">h.</emphasis>
gynoecium;
<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFD8FF9E6956535C8F7B78BA" bold="true" box="[559,572,1914,1936]" pageId="2" pageNumber="279">i.</emphasis>
seed.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="126E36A8FFD8FF9F6BC453998E7E7E0E" blockId="2.[136,1452,1983,2082]" lastBlockId="3.[136,1452,158,293]" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="280" pageId="2" pageNumber="279">
<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFD8FF9E6BC453998FD778F3" bold="true" box="[189,656,1983,2009]" pageId="2" pageNumber="279">
Description (micromorphology,
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):
</emphasis>
—Pollen grains dodecahedric, with 5–6 pores. The size of the pollen is 15.54 µm across. Distance between 2 pores is 3.12 µm Pore membrane 3.45 µm; ektexinuous bodies 50–60, nanospine 80–120. Metarecticulum roughly circular in outline 4.62–6.25 µm wide; structural elements and conjunction points 5. Mesoporium 1.25–1.45 µm wide, sculpture punctate, nano-microspinulate 5-6 nanospore per structural element. Tectum on structural element 0.25 µm long, tectum on conjunction point 0.38 µm high. Collumellae on conjunction point 0.5 µm; nexine of conjunction point 0.21 µm thick, nexine of structural element 0.32 µm; sexine of conjunction point 0.7 µm thick, sexine of structural element 0.9 µm thick.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="126E36A8FFD9FF9F6BF151648C3F7A56" blockId="3.[136,1452,1346,1404]" pageId="3" pageNumber="280">
<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFD9FF9F6BF151648DB97A7D" bold="true" box="[136,254,1346,1368]" pageId="3" pageNumber="280">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
SEM images of
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<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFD9FF9F6ADB51648FEE7A7D" box="[418,681,1346,1367]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="280">Alternanthera ebracteolata</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFD9FF9F69C951648F857A7D" bold="true" box="[688,706,1346,1367]" pageId="3" pageNumber="280">a.</emphasis>
pollen;
<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFD9FF9F686B51648E627A7D" bold="true" box="[786,805,1346,1367]" pageId="3" pageNumber="280">b.</emphasis>
close up of pollen showing pores;
<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFD9FF9F6F00516489CD7A7D" bold="true" box="[1145,1162,1346,1367]" pageId="3" pageNumber="280">c.</emphasis>
seed surface (middle region);
<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFD9FF9F6BF151408DDB7A51" bold="true" box="[136,156,1382,1403]" pageId="3" pageNumber="280">d.</emphasis>
seed surface (margin).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="126E36A8FFD9FF9F6BC4518C8E1E7AC3" blockId="3.[136,1452,1450,1908]" pageId="3" pageNumber="280">
Seeds are globose, 0.6–0.7 ×
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in sizes, surface with rectangular to hexagonal shaped cells towards the margin and centre smooth. Each cell measures 10–12 × 4–6 µm.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="5ACB6523FFD9FF9F6BC451D488257926" box="[189,1378,1522,1549]" pageId="3" pageNumber="280" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="126E36A8FFD9FF9F6BC451D488257926" blockId="3.[136,1452,1450,1908]" box="[189,1378,1522,1549]" pageId="3" pageNumber="280">Etymology:—The specific epithet corresponds to the unique trait of the specimen – absence of bracteoles.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="5ACB6523FFD9FF9F6BC452308E78791B" box="[189,831,1558,1585]" pageId="3" pageNumber="280" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph id="126E36A8FFD9FF9F6BC452308E78791B" blockId="3.[136,1452,1450,1908]" box="[189,831,1558,1585]" pageId="3" pageNumber="280">Phenology:—Flowering and fruiting times June–January.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="5ACB6523FFD9FF9F6BC4521C8D9479B6" pageId="3" pageNumber="280" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="126E36A8FFD9FF9F6BC4521C8D9479B6" blockId="3.[136,1452,1450,1908]" pageId="3" pageNumber="280">
Distribution and ecology:—
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<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFD9FF9F6A84521C8E76797E" box="[509,817,1594,1620]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="280">Alternanthera ebracteolata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
grows in the barren dry lands and roadsides in several locations of Kasaragod district of
<collectingRegion id="D015F84AFFD9FF9F696C52788F247952" box="[533,611,1630,1656]" country="India" name="Kerala" pageId="3" pageNumber="280">Kerala</collectingRegion>
. The species grows as small populations, each comprising 4–6 scattered plants.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="5ACB6523FFD9FF9F6BC4528088467806" pageId="3" pageNumber="280" type="conservation">
<paragraph id="126E36A8FFD9FF9F6BC4528088467806" blockId="3.[136,1452,1450,1908]" pageId="3" pageNumber="280">
<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFD9FF9F6BC452808C8879EB" bold="true" box="[189,463,1702,1729]" pageId="3" pageNumber="280">Conservation status:—</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="D5D14D2BFFD9FF9F6AB652808E4779EA" authorityName="S. Arya &amp; V. S. A Kumar" authorityYear="2021" box="[463,768,1702,1728]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Amaranthaceae" genus="Alternanthera" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="3" pageNumber="280" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="ebracteolata">
<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFD9FF9F6AB652808E4779EA" box="[463,768,1702,1728]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="280">Alternanthera ebracteolata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is known from 4 locations only (for a total of 50 individuals), and the AOO (Area Of Occupancy) is
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. The habitat has been greatly reduced due to intense anthropogenic pressure for urbanisation. On the basis of the IUCN Red List criteria (
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) and the available data, we can apply the criteria B2 and C2ai and assess
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<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFD9FF9F696C53348E0F7806" box="[533,840,1810,1836]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="280">Alternanthera ebracteolata</emphasis>
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as Critically Endangered (CR) species.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="5ACB6523FFDEFF996BC455EC883F7E63" lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="282" pageId="4" pageNumber="281" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="126E36A8FFDEFF986BC455EC8C307C92" blockId="4.[136,1452,458,952]" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">
<taxonomicName id="D5D14D2BFFDEFF986BC455EC8CA87ECE" authorityName="S. Arya &amp; V. S. A Kumar" authorityYear="2021" box="[189,495,458,484]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Amaranthaceae" genus="Alternanthera" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="4" pageNumber="281" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="ebracteolata">
<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFDEFF986BC455EC8CA87ECE" box="[189,495,458,484]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">Alternanthera ebracteolata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is morphologically similar to
<taxonomicName id="D5D14D2BFFDEFF98683855EC8EEB7ECE" authorityName="Colla" authorityYear="1829" box="[833,940,458,484]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Amaranthaceae" genus="Alternanthera" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="4" pageNumber="281" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="tenella">
<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFDEFF98683855EC8EEB7ECE" box="[833,940,458,484]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">A. tenella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having alternate appendages on androecial tube and stamens forming a rim at the base of ovary but differ from it in many key characters. In
<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFDEFF986F8655C888EC7D22" box="[1279,1451,494,520]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">
<taxonomicName id="D5D14D2BFFDEFF986F8655C888E07D22" authorityName="S. Arya &amp; V. S. A Kumar" authorityYear="2021" box="[1279,1447,494,520]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Amaranthaceae" genus="Alternanthera" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="4" pageNumber="281" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="ebracteolata">A.ebracteolata</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
the appendages on androecial tube equal the length of stamens (
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), white, transparent, slightly dentate at the apex with entire margin while in
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<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFDEFF98695256108FD07D7A" box="[555,663,566,592]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">A. tenella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, it is oblong, equaling or slightly longer than stamens (
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long), laciniate, deeply dentate and yellowish at apex. It is also distinct in having a peduncled inflorescence while it is sessile in
<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFDEFF986BDE56588C5B7DB2" box="[167,284,638,664]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">
<taxonomicName id="D5D14D2BFFDEFF986BDE56588C5F7DB2" authorityName="Colla" authorityYear="1829" box="[167,280,638,664]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Amaranthaceae" genus="Alternanthera" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="4" pageNumber="281" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="tenella">A. tenella</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
In
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<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFDEFF986A3C56588CB37DB2" box="[325,500,638,664]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">A. ebracteolata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, glomerules (1–1.2 ×
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) are at the nodes, prominently peduncled 1.0–
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with 10–14 flowers in each, while in
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<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFDEFF98692456848F8D7D96" box="[605,714,674,700]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">A. tenella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, glomerules (0.5 –0.7 ×
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) are not peduncled and each has 2–3 (rarely 4) flowers. The bracts narrow, linear to often lanceolate, white and small, shorter than tepals with total absence of bracteole in
<taxonomicName id="D5D14D2BFFDEFF986AEA56CC8F067C2E" authorityName="S. Arya &amp; V. S. A Kumar" authorityYear="2021" box="[403,577,746,772]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Amaranthaceae" genus="Alternanthera" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="4" pageNumber="281" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="ebracteolata">
<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFDEFF986AEA56CC8F067C2E" box="[403,577,746,772]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">A. ebracteolata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, while in
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<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFDEFF9869CB56CC8E597C2E" box="[690,798,746,772]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">A. tenella</emphasis>
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the shape of the bract and bracteole is lanceolate to ovate (2.0–3.4 × 0.9–1.0 mm), yellowish or whitish, shorter than the sepal, carinate or not, apex acuminate or aristate, margin entire, glabrous or pubescent. The shape of the sepal is ovate, apex aristate often reflexed and highly pubescent in
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<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFDEFF986EEA57148C517C5A" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">A. ebracteolata</emphasis>
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, whereas in
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<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFDEFF986ADA57708F497C5A" box="[419,526,854,880]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">A. tenella</emphasis>
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, the sepals are ovate to lanceolate (3.0–4.5 ×
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) with apex mucronate to aristate, margin entire, pubescent. The shape of the seed is globular in
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<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFDEFF9868E4575C8EE97CBE" box="[925,942,890,916]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">A</emphasis>
.
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where as in
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<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFDEFF986FAE575C88057CBE" box="[1239,1346,890,916]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">A. tenella</emphasis>
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, the seed is lenticular in shape.
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<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFDEFF986BF157C18DBC7CD5" bold="true" box="[136,251,999,1023]" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">TABLE 1.</emphasis>
Morphological comparison among
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,
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, and
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.
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<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFDEFF986A1B503C8CB07B05" bold="true" box="[354,503,1049,1071]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">A. ebracteolata</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFDEFF9869A5503C8E7C7B05" bold="true" box="[732,827,1049,1071]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">A. tenella</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFDEFF986F33503C89AC7B05" bold="true" box="[1098,1259,1049,1071]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">A. philoxeroides</emphasis>
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<td id="EF305D96FFDE006369A5507389617B41" box="[732,1062,1109,1131]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">Ribbed, solid</td>
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<td id="EF305D96FFDE006369A550B089617BFA" box="[732,1062,1174,1232]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">Synflorescence sessile-glomerules 2–3(–4)-flowered</td>
<td id="EF305D96FFDE00636F3350B088DD7BFA" box="[1098,1434,1174,1232]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">Synflorescence peduncled-glomerules 2–3-flowered</td>
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<td id="EF305D96FFDE006369A5512589617A4B" box="[732,1062,1283,1377]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">Ovate to lanceolate tepals with apex mucronate to aristate, pubescent</td>
<td id="EF305D96FFDE00636F33512588DD7A4B" box="[1098,1434,1283,1377]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">Lanceolate, acute or rounded apex, glabrous</td>
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<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFDEFF986BEA51808D8B7A91" bold="true" box="[147,204,1446,1467]" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">Bract</emphasis>
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<td id="EF305D96FFDE00636A1B51B28F837AE4" box="[354,708,1428,1486]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">Linear to lanceolate, whitish</td>
<td id="EF305D96FFDE006369A551B289617AE4" box="[732,1062,1428,1486]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">Ovate to lanceolate, yellowish or whitish</td>
<td id="EF305D96FFDE00636F3351B288DD7AE4" box="[1098,1434,1428,1486]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">Ovate to lanceolate, yellowish or greenish</td>
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<th id="EF305D96FFDE00636BEA51D28C757920" box="[147,306,1524,1546]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">
<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFDEFF986BEA51D28DB37923" bold="true" box="[147,244,1524,1545]" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">Bracteole</emphasis>
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<td id="EF305D96FFDE00636A1B51D28F837920" box="[354,708,1524,1546]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">Absent</td>
<td id="EF305D96FFDE006369A551D289617920" box="[732,1062,1524,1546]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">Present</td>
<td id="EF305D96FFDE00636F3351D288DD7920" box="[1098,1434,1524,1546]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">Present</td>
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<th id="EF305D96FFDE00636BEA52128C7579B8" box="[147,306,1588,1682]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">
<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFDEFF986BEA52638C757954" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">Appendages on androecial tube</emphasis>
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<td id="EF305D96FFDE006369A55212896179B8" box="[732,1062,1588,1682]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">Equaling or slightly exceeding the stamen, deeply dentate, apex yellow</td>
<td id="EF305D96FFDE00636F33521288DD79B8" box="[1098,1434,1588,1682]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">Shorter than stamen oblong, ligulate</td>
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<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFDEFF986BEA529D8D8479FB" bold="true" box="[147,195,1723,1745]" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">Seed</emphasis>
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<td id="EF305D96FFDE006369A5529D896179FB" box="[732,1062,1723,1745]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">Lenticular</td>
<td id="EF305D96FFDE00636F33529D88DD79FB" box="[1098,1434,1723,1745]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">Lenticular</td>
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The new species is also similar to
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<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFDEFF98692E532E8ED17808" box="[599,918,1800,1826]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">Alternanthera philoxeroides</emphasis>
(
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)
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in having a peduncled inflorescence. However,
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<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFDEFF9869F8530B8E7F786C" box="[641,824,1836,1863]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">A. philoxeroides</emphasis>
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grows as radicant hydrophyte, diffuse hemicryptophyte or chamephyte, which differs from the new species in having tepals lanceolate to oblong and glabrous while it is ovate and highly pubescent in
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<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFDEFF986AE353538F0078A4" box="[410,583,1908,1935]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">A. ebracteolata</emphasis>
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. Leaves of
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<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFDEFF9869B053538E3878A4" box="[713,895,1908,1935]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">A. philoxeroides</emphasis>
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are lanceolate or elliptic (2.5–10.0 × 0.3–2.0 cm) with apex acute to obtuse and mucronate while in
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<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFDEFF9869C353BF8E2F7898" box="[698,872,1944,1971]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">A. ebracteolata</emphasis>
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, the shape of leaf blade is ovate with acute or ovate apex. The stem of
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<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFDEFF986A27539B8F5178FC" box="[350,534,1980,2007]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">A. philoxeroides</emphasis>
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is prostrate mat forming stoloniferous, hollow with rooting at nodes while in
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<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFDEFF986EEA539B8C5178D0" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">A. ebracteolata</emphasis>
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the stem is erect or prostrate and angular. The bracts and bracteoles in
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<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFDEFF986F3D53C789BC78D0" box="[1092,1275,2016,2043]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">A. philoxeroides</emphasis>
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is yellowish or greenish, shorter than tepals, ovate to lanceolate (2.0–2.5 × 1.0–
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, bracteoles are absent and bracts are white, linear to lanceolate. The shape of sepal is lanceolate (5.5–6.0 ×
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), in
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<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFDFFF996A3854E58CB07FF6" box="[321,503,194,221]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="282">A. philoxeroides</emphasis>
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with apex often acute or rounded and glabrous while in
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<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFDFFF996F1254E5885F7FF6" box="[1131,1304,194,221]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="282">A. ebracteolata</emphasis>
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, the shape of sepal is ovate, pubescent with acute apex. The appendages on androecial tube are oblong (
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long) and shorter than stamens in
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while in
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<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFDFFF996927552D8E4C7E0E" box="[606,779,266,293]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="282">A. ebracteolata</emphasis>
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, appendages on androecial tube equal the length of stamens and the apex is dentate. The shape of seeds is lenticular in
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<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFDFFF99686E55098E8A7E62" box="[791,973,302,329]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="282">A. philoxeroides</emphasis>
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while it is globose in
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<emphasis id="20A5EABAFFDFFF996FBC550988357E62" box="[1221,1394,302,329]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="282">A. ebracteolata</emphasis>
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.
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Additional specimens examined (
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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<collectorName id="BF24537EFFDFFF996FFA555088407EBA" box="[1155,1287,374,400]" pageId="5" pageNumber="282">Anil Kumar</collectorName>
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!)
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,
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83568
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(
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!)
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.
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