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Anoop &amp; Robi
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A.R.Kulk. &amp; Desai
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in its root tubers, short, linear leaves and free female sepals. However, the new taxon differs in its solitary, 6-angled peduncle, short sheath, white inflorescences, inflexed involucral bracts, free male sepals, eglandular petals, yellow anthers and unappendaged yellow seeds. It also similar to 
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Manudev, Robi &amp; Nampy
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, another tuberous species from the Western Ghats that has linear leaves, white inflorescences, male flowers with free sepals and unappendaged seeds, but differs from that species in the absence of a root stock, its hairy, not glabrous root tubers, its solitary, 6-angled peduncle, and its glabrous receptacle, eglandular petals and yellow anthers and seeds. –
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Type: 
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, c. 
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a.s.l., 
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&amp; 
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15934 (
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!, 
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, 
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.
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Acaulescent herb. 
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absent; root tubers 2 or 3, subglobose, 5–6 
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, villous, cream-coloured. 
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rosulate, linear-subulate, stiff, 2.5–3.5 
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, glabrous, 3- or 4-nerved, nervules inconspicuous. 
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solitary, 
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high, 
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across, 6-angled, twisted, glabrous; sheaths 
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long, glabrous, striate; limb 
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long, incised. 
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hemispherical, 5–6 
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, white. 
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convex, glabrous. 
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inflexed, obovate, acute at apex, 1.2–1.5 
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, black-hyaline, entire, chartaceous, glabrous. 
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oblanceolate, acuminate, 1.2–1.5 
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, black, hoary towards apex. 
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: pedicels 
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long, glabrous; sepals 3, free, broadly oblanceolate, 1–1.2 
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, hyaline, hoary towards apex; corolla hyaline; stipe of corolla 
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long; lobes 3, subequal, obtuse and hoary towards apex, 0.3–0.4 
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, eglandular. 
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6, exserted; filaments 
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, white; anthers subglobose, 0.25 
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, yellow. 
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: pedicels 
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; sepals 3, free, oblanceolate, 1.3–1.5 
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, keeled along back, obtuse and hoary towards apex, hyaline. 
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3, almost equalling sepals, oblanceolate, obtuse and hoary towards apex, 1–1.2 
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, eglandular. 
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subsessile, ovoid, trigonous, 0.3–0.4 
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; style 
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; stigmas 3, 
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long. 
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obovoid-ellipsoid, 0.3–0.4 
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, golden yellow; cells of seed coat transversely elongated, aligned in vertical rows; appendages absent.
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<emphasis id="B939B5572F18FFA3FF923622E21EDE38" box="[121,552,1626,1651]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">
Distribution. 
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is known only from the 
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locality, the Illikkal Hills in the southern Western Ghats, 
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(
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<emphasis id="B939B5572F18FFA3FDC93607E248DED3" bold="true" box="[546,638,1663,1688]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Figure 3</emphasis>
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B939B5572F1BFFA0FF92364EE0FADE07" bold="true" box="[121,204,1590,1612]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Figure 1</emphasis>
. 
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<emphasis id="B939B5572F1BFFA0FF33364EE1EDDE07" box="[216,475,1590,1612]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Eriocaulon meenachilense</emphasis>
Anoop &amp; Robi
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, 
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A, Habit; B, root tubers; C, involucral bract; D, floral bract; E, male flower; F, female flower; G, seed. Drawn from the holotype, 
<emphasis id="B939B5572F1BFFA0FC4D362FE090DEC4" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Anoop. P. B. &amp; A. J. Robi</emphasis>
15934 (MH), by P. B. Anoop.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B939B5572F1AFFA1FF92364AE0FADE03" bold="true" box="[121,204,1586,1608]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Figure 2</emphasis>
. 
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<emphasis id="B939B5572F1AFFA1FF33364AE1EDDE03" box="[216,475,1586,1608]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Eriocaulon meenachilense</emphasis>
Anoop &amp; Robi
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20A082C2F1AFFA1FD9D364AE2F3DE03" box="[630,709,1586,1608]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
A, Habit; B, root tubers; C, sheath; D, twisted peduncle; E, head (side view); F, head (lower view); G, involucral bract; H, floral bract; I, male flower; J, male sepal; K, anther; L, female flower; M, female sepal; N, female petal; O, light and scanning electron microscopic images of seed. All from 
<emphasis id="B939B5572F1AFFA1FDB936EEE377DEE7" box="[594,833,1686,1708]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Anoop. P. B. &amp; A. J. Robi</emphasis>
15934.
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<paragraph id="8BF269452F1DFFA6FF913429E084DCC2" blockId="4.[122,1128,1105,1161]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">
<emphasis id="B939B5572F1DFFA6FF913429E0FDDC2C" bold="true" box="[122,203,1105,1127]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Figure 3</emphasis>
. Map showing distribution of 
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<emphasis id="B939B5572F1DFFA6FE123429E2ECDC2C" box="[505,730,1105,1127]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Eriocaulon idukkianum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="B939B5572F1DFFA6FD0F3429E3A4DC2C" box="[740,914,1105,1127]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">E. meenachilense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
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<emphasis id="B939B5572F1DFFA6FC2E3429E466DC2C" box="[965,1104,1105,1127]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">E. tuberiferum</emphasis>
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in India.
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<emphasis id="B939B5572F1DFFA6FF9234B3E0C5DCAF" box="[121,243,1227,1252]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Phenology.</emphasis>
Flowering and fruiting from August to November.
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<emphasis id="B939B5572F1DFFA6FF923487E0C5DD53" box="[121,243,1279,1304]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific epithet refers to the 
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locality, Meenachil Taluk in Kottayam District, 
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, 
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.
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<emphasis id="B939B5572F1DFFA6FF923521E16BDD39" box="[121,349,1369,1394]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Habitat and ecology.</emphasis>
Wet rocky grasslands in association with 
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<emphasis id="B939B5572F1DFFA6FCDC3521E42BDD39" box="[823,1053,1369,1394]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Eriocaulon thwaitesii</emphasis>
Körn.
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="B939B5572F1DFFA6FF913506E110DDDC" box="[122,294,1406,1431]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Exacum sessile</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L., 
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<emphasis id="B939B5572F1DFFA6FEA63506E201DDDC" box="[333,567,1406,1431]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Impatiens stolonifera</emphasis>
Robi &amp; Manudev
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C4D12C62F1DFFA6FD143506E0C6DDF7" authority="(DC.) K. Kirkman" authorityName="K. Kirkman" baseAuthorityName="DC." class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Phyllocephalum" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asterales" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="scabridum">
<emphasis id="B939B5572F1DFFA6FD143506E41DDDDC" box="[767,1067,1406,1431]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Phyllocephalum scabridum</emphasis>
(DC.) K.Kirkman
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="B939B5572F1DFFA6FF1235DBE18FDDF7" box="[249,441,1443,1468]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Smithia bigemina</emphasis>
Dalzell
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, etc.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B939B5572F1DFFA6FF9235A0E2B1DDBA" box="[121,647,1496,1521]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">
Conservation status. 
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</emphasis>
is endemic to the southern Western Ghats, 
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. The authors located 42 plants in four groups within an area of 
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. More extensive field surveys are required to better understand the true extent of occurrence and area of occupancy of this species. According to IUCN criteria, the species falls under the category Data Deficient (
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; 
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).
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<emphasis id="B939B5572F1DFFA6FF9236EBE140DEE7" box="[121,374,1683,1708]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Eriocaulon tuberiferum</emphasis>
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has so far been reported from the northern Western Ghats in 
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and southern Western Ghats in 
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(
<bibRefCitation id="EFDC14B42F1CFFA7FCA23172E433D968" author="Sunil CN &amp; Prabhukumar KM &amp; Naveen Kumar VV &amp; Thomas VP &amp; Jagadeesan R &amp; Balachandran I." box="[841,1029,266,291]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" pagination="18 - 22" refId="ref3399" refString="Sunil CN, Prabhukumar KM, Naveen Kumar VV, Thomas VP, Jagadeesan R, Balachandran I. 2018. Eriocaulon tuberiferum (Eriocaulaceae) a new record for South India. Nelumbo. 60 (1): 18 - 22. https: // doi. org / 10.20324 / nelumbo / v 60 / 2018 / 118166" type="journal article" year="2018">
Sunil 
<emphasis id="B939B5572F1CFFA7FC613172E3F7D968" box="[906,961,266,291]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">et al.</emphasis>
, 2018
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). The species is usually seen in the margins of puddles and open wet rocky slopes at 
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elevation. 
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<emphasis id="B939B5572F1CFFA7FF07312CE1D1D926" box="[236,487,340,365]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Eriocaulon idukkianum</emphasis>
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is confined to the southern Western Ghats in 
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and generally found at 
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elevation in marshes near streams and rock crevices, in association with mosses. The major characters differentiating 
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<emphasis id="B939B5572F1CFFA7FCBC31E7E44FD9F3" box="[855,1145,415,440]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Eriocaulon meenachilense</emphasis>
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from the two other Indian tuberous species are listed in the 
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.
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