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<mods:title>Sonerila nairii (Melastomataceae) - a new species from the southern Western Ghats, India</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Murugan, Soumya</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Environmental Resources Research Centre, Peroorkkada, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, PIN 695005, Indias</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Nair, Maya C.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Post Graduate and Research Department of Botany, Govt. Victoria College (University of Calicut), Palakkad, Kerala, PIN 678001, India</mods:affiliation>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="127865397" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:B301D1883E2F7A43F11E3496299AEC29" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/B301D1883E2F7A43F11E3496299AEC29" lastPageId="2" lastPageNumber="17" pageId="1" pageNumber="16">
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<taxonomicName LSID="B301D188-3E2F-7A43-F11E-3496299AEC29" authority="Soumya & Maya" authorityName="Soumya & Maya" authorityYear="2016" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Sonerila" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Sonerila nairii" order="Myrtales" pageId="1" pageNumber="16" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="nairii" status="sp. nov.">Sonerila nairii Soumya & Maya</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="1" pageNumber="16">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Sonerila nairii A Habit B Single flower and flower bud C Calyx D Petal-Adaxial side E Petal-Abaxial side F Stamen G Gynoecium H Ovary TS I Flower LS J Seed (from Soumya. M & Maya. C. Nair 1185) Illustration by Soumya. M." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.62.7623.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/82776" pageId="1" pageNumber="16">Figs 1</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Sonerila nairii A Habitat B Habit C Single flower and flower bud D Calyx E Petal-Adaxial side F Stamen G Gynoecium H Ovary TS I Flower LS J Seed (from Soumya. M & Maya. C. Nair 1185) Photos by Soumya. M & Maya. C. Nair." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.62.7623.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/82777" pageId="1" pageNumber="16">, 2</figureCitation>
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<subSubSection pageId="1" pageNumber="16" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="16">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="16">
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The new species is distinguished from
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Jack" authorityYear="1820" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Sonerila" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Sonerila erecta" order="Myrtales" pageId="1" pageNumber="16" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="erecta">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="16">Sonerila erecta</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Gamble" authorityYear="1919" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Sonerila" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Sonerila pulneyensis" order="Myrtales" pageId="1" pageNumber="16" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="pulneyensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="16">Sonerila pulneyensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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by the decumbent unbranched stem, absence of a distinct peduncle, the cymose 1-2 flowered terminal inflorescence and by the anthers which are half the length of filament. (
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Jack" authorityYear="1820" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Sonerila" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Sonerila erecta" order="Myrtales" pageId="1" pageNumber="16" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="erecta">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="16">Sonerila erecta</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Gamble" authorityYear="1919" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Sonerila" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Sonerila pulneyensis" order="Myrtales" pageId="1" pageNumber="16" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="pulneyensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="16">Sonerila pulneyensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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have branched stem, a distinct peduncle, inflorescence consisting of more than 2 flowers in a cyme and anther having same the length of the filament.)
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<subSubSection pageId="1" pageNumber="16" type="type">
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<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="16">Type.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="16">
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INDIA. Kerala: Palakkad district, Pothumala, Nelliampathy hills,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="10" direction="north" minutes="30" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="09.6" value="10.502666">10°30'09.6"N</geoCoordinate>
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;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="76" direction="east" minutes="42" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="16.5" value="76.70458">76°42'16.5"E</geoCoordinate>
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, 1160 m 18 Oct 2015,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="16">Soumya M. & Maya C. Nair 1185</emphasis>
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(Holotype CALI!, isotypes MH!, ERRCH!, GVCH!)
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<subSubSection lastPageId="2" lastPageNumber="17" pageId="1" pageNumber="16" type="description">
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<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="16">Description.</paragraph>
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Decumbent, unbranched, delicate, succulent herbs attaining 6-10 cm height; the lower portion more or less trailing and bear perennating buds, while the upper portion curves upward and grows erectly. Stem translucent, fleshy, subterete with scattered multicellular and glandular trichomes which form a dense hairy nodal ring. Leaves opposite, fleshy, petiole 0.5-1.5 cm, adaxially grooved, with glandular trichomes; lamina ovate, 1.3-2.5
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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1-1.5 cm, base obtuse, green with pink tinge below, upper surface densely hirsute (0.08-0.09
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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0.03-0.06 cm), lower surface with scattered glandular trichomes (0.02-0.03 cm
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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0.03-0.04 cm), margins finely serrate, acute at apex, prominently 3-nerved a pair of nerve obscurely seen near the margin. Inflorescence terminal, unbranched, condensed, a 1-2- flowered cyme. Peduncle more
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<pageBreakToken pageId="2" pageNumber="17" start="start">or</pageBreakToken>
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less absent. Flowers 3-merous, pedicel 0.5-0.7 cm with few glandular trichomes, shorter than hypanthium, light green. Hypanthium 0.8-0.9 cm long, campanulate with scattered glandular trichomes, light green. Calyx lobes 3, 0.15-0.2 cm long, triangular, non-caducous, with sporadic glandular trichomes and pink tinge. Petals 3, 0.8-0.7
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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0.5 cm-0.45 cm orbicular-obovate, acuminate at apex with 3-4 glandular trichomes on the midrib of the abaxial side. Stamens 3; filaments 0.4-0.42 cm long, glabrous, white; anthers yellow, 0.2-0.22 cm, cordate at base, glabrous. Style 0.8-0.9 cm long, curved, deep pink towards the tip, stigma capitate, glabrous. Capsule campanulate, 0.8-0.9 cm long and 0.45 cm wide with occasional glandular trichomes, green. Seeds many, 0.07
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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0.02 cm, minutely tuberculed, brown.
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<subSubSection pageId="2" pageNumber="17" type="phenology">
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="17">Phenology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="17">October-December.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="2" pageNumber="17" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="17">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="17">The specific epithet honours Dr. P.K.K. Nair (1930-), eminent scientist, renowned as father of Indian palynology and founder director of the Environmental Resources Research Centre (ERRC), Thiruvananthapuram.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="2" pageNumber="17" type="distribution and ecology">
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="17">Distribution and ecology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="17">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Soumya & Maya" authorityYear="2016" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Sonerila" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Sonerila nairii" order="Myrtales" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="nairii">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">Sonerila nairii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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grows at altitudes of 1140-1160 m in shady rock surfaces within moist loose soils and under the evergreen canopies along the Pothumala hill tract of Nelliampathy hills. In these habitats,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Soumya & Maya" authorityYear="2016" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Sonerila" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Sonerila nairii" order="Myrtales" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="nairii">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">Sonerila nairii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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grows close association with crustose lichens. The new species seems to prefer more or less moist lithophytic habitats in contrast to
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Jack" authorityYear="1820" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Sonerila" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Sonerila erecta" order="Myrtales" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="erecta">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">Sonerila erecta</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Gamble" authorityYear="1919" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Sonerila" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Sonerila pulneyensis" order="Myrtales" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="pulneyensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">Sonerila pulneyensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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which grow in evergreen and riparian forests respectively. The distribution of the three taxa has been summarized in Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Map showing the distribution of Sonerila nairii sp. nov., Sonerila erecta Jack and Sonerila pulneyensis Gamble." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.62.7623.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/82778" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">3</figureCitation>
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.
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<caption ID-Zenodo-Dep="977251" doi="10.3897/phytokeys.62.7623.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/82776" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" start="Figure 1" startId="F1">
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="17">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">Figure 1.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Soumya & Maya" authorityYear="2016" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Sonerila" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Sonerila nairii" order="Myrtales" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="nairii">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">Sonerila nairii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">A</emphasis>
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Habit
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">B</emphasis>
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Single flower and flower bud
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">C</emphasis>
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Calyx
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">D</emphasis>
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Petal-Adaxial side
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">E</emphasis>
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Petal-Abaxial side
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">F</emphasis>
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Stamen
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">G</emphasis>
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Gynoecium
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">H</emphasis>
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Ovary TS
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">I</emphasis>
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Flower LS
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">J</emphasis>
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Seed (from
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">Soumya. M & Maya. C. Nair 1185</emphasis>
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) Illustration by Soumya. M.
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</paragraph>
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<caption ID-Zenodo-Dep="977253" doi="10.3897/phytokeys.62.7623.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/82777" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" start="Figure 2" startId="F2">
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="17">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">Figure 2.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Soumya & Maya" authorityYear="2016" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Sonerila" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Sonerila nairii" order="Myrtales" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="nairii">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">Sonerila nairii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">A</emphasis>
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Habitat
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">B</emphasis>
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Habit
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">C</emphasis>
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Single flower and flower bud
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">D</emphasis>
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Calyx
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">E</emphasis>
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Petal-Adaxial side
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">F</emphasis>
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Stamen
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">G</emphasis>
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Gynoecium
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">H</emphasis>
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Ovary TS
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">I</emphasis>
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Flower LS
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">J</emphasis>
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Seed (from
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">Soumya. M & Maya. C. Nair 1185</emphasis>
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) Photos by Soumya. M & Maya. C. Nair.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<caption ID-Zenodo-Dep="977255" doi="10.3897/phytokeys.62.7623.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/82778" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" start="Figure 3" startId="F3">
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="17">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">Figure 3.</emphasis>
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Map showing the distribution of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Soumya & Maya" authorityYear="2016" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Sonerila" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Sonerila nairii" order="Myrtales" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="nairii">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">Sonerila nairii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov.,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Jack" authorityYear="1820" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Sonerila" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Sonerila erecta" order="Myrtales" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="erecta">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">Sonerila erecta</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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Jack and
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Gamble" authorityYear="1919" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Sonerila" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Sonerila pulneyensis" order="Myrtales" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="pulneyensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">Sonerila pulneyensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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Gamble.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="17">Conservation status.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="17">
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Two populations comprising only a few individuals (5-10) of the species were recorded growing within a distance (50 meters) of each other. Apart from the type locality, the species has yet to be found anywhere else. Because the number of mature individuals is less than 50 and the species has a very restricted area of occupancy, we assign the species, the status of Critically endangered using IUCN Strategies and criteria (
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<bibRefCitation author="IUCN Standards and Petitions Subcommittee" journalOrPublisher="Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society" pageId="3" pageNumber="18" publicationUrl="http://jr.iucnredlist.org/documents/RedListGuidelines.pdf" refId="B11" refString="IUCN Standards and Petitions Subcommittee, 2014. Guidelines for Using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria. Version 11., http://jr.iucnredlist.org/documents/RedListGuidelines.pdf [accessed 25 Nov 2015]" title="Guidelines for Using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria. Version 11" url="http://jr.iucnredlist.org/documents/RedListGuidelines.pdf" year="2014">IUCN 2014</bibRefCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="2" pageNumber="17" type="additional specimens examined">
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="17">Additional specimens examined</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="17">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">(Paratypes).</emphasis>
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INDIA. Kerala: Palakkad district, Pothumala, Nelliampathy hills, 1 Nov 2015
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">Soumya M. & Maya C. Nair 1187</emphasis>
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(ERRCH!) (Environmental Resources Research Centre Herbarium), 5 Nov 2015
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">Maya C. Nair & Soumya M. 98</emphasis>
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(GVCH!) 12 Nov 2015
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">Maya C. Nair & Soumya M. 99</emphasis>
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(GVCH!) (Government Victoria College Herbarium)
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="2" pageNumber="17" type="discussion">
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="17">Discussion.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="17">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Soumya & Maya" authorityYear="2016" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Sonerila" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Sonerila nairii" order="Myrtales" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="nairii">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">Sonerila nairii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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differs from
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Jack" authorityYear="1820" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Sonerila" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Sonerila erecta" order="Myrtales" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="erecta">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">Sonerila erecta</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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by having an unbranched decumbent stem, leaf margins with pink tinge; by the absence of a peduncle, a condensed, cymose, 1-2-flowered, terminal inflorescence. The anthers are half the length of the filaments and the stigma is capitate. From
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Gamble" authorityYear="1919" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Sonerila" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Sonerila pulneyensis" order="Myrtales" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="pulneyensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">Sonerila pulneyensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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Gamble it differs in having decumbent and sparse glandular trichomes on the stem and pedicel, dimorphic hairs on the leaves, by the absence of a distinct peduncle; by the terminal inflorescence of 1-2 flowers borne in a condensed cyme. The hypanthium is green-coloured and the anthers are half the length of the filaments. Further differences between
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Soumya & Maya" authorityYear="2016" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Sonerila" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Sonerila nairii" order="Myrtales" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="nairii">
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||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">Sonerila nairii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
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||
,
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||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Jack" authorityYear="1820" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Sonerila" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Sonerila erecta" order="Myrtales" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="erecta">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">Sonerila erecta</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Gamble" authorityYear="1919" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Sonerila" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Sonerila pulneyensis" order="Myrtales" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="pulneyensis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">Sonerila pulneyensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
are given in Table
|
||
<tableCitation captionStart="Table 1" captionStartId="T1" captionText="Table 1. Taxonomic delineation of Sonerila nairii from Sonerila erecta and Sonerila pulneyensis." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/C63263BBA59450F5BDB003E8FB1FCA8B" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" tableUuid="C63263BBA59450F5BDB003E8FB1FCA8B">1</tableCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption ID-Table-UUID="C63263BBA59450F5BDB003E8FB1FCA8B" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/C63263BBA59450F5BDB003E8FB1FCA8B" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" start="Table 1" startId="T1">
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||
<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="17">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">Table 1.</emphasis>
|
||
Taxonomic delineation of
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Soumya & Maya" authorityYear="2016" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Sonerila" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Sonerila nairii" order="Myrtales" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="nairii">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">Sonerila nairii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Jack" authorityYear="1820" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Sonerila" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Sonerila erecta" order="Myrtales" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="erecta">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">Sonerila erecta</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Gamble" authorityYear="1919" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Sonerila" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Sonerila pulneyensis" order="Myrtales" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="pulneyensis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">Sonerila pulneyensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="17">
|
||
<table pageId="2" pageNumber="17">
|
||
<tr pageId="2" pageNumber="17">
|
||
<th colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Taxonomic traits</th>
|
||
<th colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Soumya & Maya" authorityYear="2016" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Sonerila" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Sonerila nairii" order="Myrtales" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="nairii">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">Sonerila nairii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov.
|
||
</th>
|
||
<th colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Jack" authorityYear="1820" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Sonerila" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Sonerila erecta" order="Myrtales" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="erecta">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">Sonerila erecta</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
</th>
|
||
<th colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Gamble" authorityYear="1919" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Sonerila" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Sonerila pulneyensis" order="Myrtales" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="pulneyensis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="17">Sonerila pulneyensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
</th>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr pageId="2" pageNumber="17">
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Habitat</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Shady rocks within evergreen forest</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Evergreen forests</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Riparian forests in high altitudes</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr pageId="2" pageNumber="17">
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Stem</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Decumbent, sub-terete succulent, unbranched with sparse glandular trichomes</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Erect, 4-angled, slender, branched with sparse glandular trichomes</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Creeping, sub-succulent, branched, glabrous</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr pageId="2" pageNumber="17">
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Nodal region</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Glandular trichomes arranged in a nodal ring</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Not prominent</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Absent</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr pageId="2" pageNumber="17">
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Leaf</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">
|
||
Petiole 0.5-1.5 cm long, angular, sparsely with glandular hairs; lamina slightly coriaceous, ovate, 1.3-2.5
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
|
||
1 -1.5 cm, prominently 3-nerved, an additional pair of nerve obscurely seen near the margin
|
||
</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">
|
||
Petiole 0.4-1.5 cm long; lamina membraneous, narrowly elliptical to ovate, 1-2.5
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
|
||
0.4-1.6 cm, Secondary veins 2-3 pairs
|
||
</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">
|
||
Petiole 0.5-1.5 cm; lamina coriaceous, ovate 1- nerved, 2-5
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
|
||
1-3 cm
|
||
</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr pageId="2" pageNumber="17">
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Nature of hairs on leaf lamina</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Dimorphic hairs present, densely hirsute above and with sparse glandular trichomes below</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Dimorphic hairs present, densely hirsute above and with sparse glandular trichomes below</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Absent</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr pageId="2" pageNumber="17">
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Leaf margin</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Narrowly serrate with pink tinge</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Serrate without pink tinge</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Broadly serrate with pink tinge</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr pageId="2" pageNumber="17">
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Postion of Inflorescence</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Terminal</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Terminal</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Axillary or terminal</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr pageId="2" pageNumber="17">
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Inflorescence</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Usually 1-2 flowered compressed terminal cyme</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Inflorescences occurs at the end of branches, in 1-5 (up to 11-flowered) terminal scorpioid cymes.</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Axillary or terminal 5- flowered umbellate cyme</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr pageId="2" pageNumber="17">
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Peduncle</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">More or less absent</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Up to 2cm, with sparse glandular hairs</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">3-4cm long, glabrous</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr pageId="2" pageNumber="17">
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Pedicel</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Pedicel 0.5-0.7cm with sparse glandular trichomes shorter than hypanthium</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Pedicel 0.2-0.7cm with sparse glandular trichomes, shorter than hypanthium</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Pedicel 1cm long, glabrous, length equalling hypanthium</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr pageId="2" pageNumber="17">
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Hypanthium</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Light green with sparse glandular trichomes</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Green with sparse glandular trichomes</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Pink, glabrous</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr pageId="2" pageNumber="17">
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Petals</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Petals pink to purple, broadly ovate, slightly clawed on either side,4-5 glandular trichomes on the mid rib below, tip acuminate</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Petals pink to purple oblong-elliptic sparse glandular trichomes on the mid rib below, tip acute to acuminate</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Petals rose, elliptic, glabrous,tip apiculate.</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr pageId="2" pageNumber="17">
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Stamen</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Anthers half the length of filaments</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Anthers as long as filaments</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Anthers as long as filaments</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr pageId="2" pageNumber="17">
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Stigma</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Capitate</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Three lobed</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Capitate</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr pageId="2" pageNumber="17">
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Capsule</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Tubular, 3-sided with sparse glandular trichomes</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Tubular, 3-sided with sparse glandular trichomes</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="17" rowspan="1">Campanulate, glabrous</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
</table>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
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</document> |