2014
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.162.1.4
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A new species of Memecylon (Melastomataceae) from the Western Ghats, India

Abstract: Memecylon ponmudianum, a new species of Melastomataceae from Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala, India, is described and illustrated. The new species resembles M. terminale and M. subramanii but differs from the former by its larger and sessile leaves with cordate and amplexicaul leaf bases, robust and shortly peduncled inflorescences, pedicels distinctly shorter than the campanulate calyx, and from the latter by the terete stem and branchlets, smaller subsessile and amplexicaul leaves, terminal short peduncl… Show more

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“…(2) Inflorescence position—(D) cauliflorous: Memecylon sp. (photo by I. Alawatta); (E) terminal: M. ponmudianum (source: Sivu et al, 2014); (F) axillary: M. natalense (photo by P. Amarasinghe). (3) Peduncle length—(G) long: M. gracillimum (photo by P. Amarasinghe); (H) medium: M. rivulare (photo by P. Amarasinghe); (I) short: M. flavescens (photo by N. Page).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…(2) Inflorescence position—(D) cauliflorous: Memecylon sp. (photo by I. Alawatta); (E) terminal: M. ponmudianum (source: Sivu et al, 2014); (F) axillary: M. natalense (photo by P. Amarasinghe). (3) Peduncle length—(G) long: M. gracillimum (photo by P. Amarasinghe); (H) medium: M. rivulare (photo by P. Amarasinghe); (I) short: M. flavescens (photo by N. Page).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The genus Memecylon L. belongs to the family Melastomataceae includes more than 300 species distributed mainly in the old world tropics (Renner et al, 2007). In India, it is represented by 34 species, of which 18 species are endemic to Western Ghats and four species are endangered (Gamble 1919, Sivu et al, 2014. Memecylon flavescens Gamble, is endemic to Western Ghats and categorised under 'Endangered' with IUCN Id-31203.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…While a number of these species have since been synonymised, the discovery of new species has increased the number of accepted taxa in India to 49 (Das Das et al, 2015). The southern peninsular region of India has been the focus of recent botanical works and accounts for 34 of the currently known species (Manickam et al, 2007;Sivu et al, 2014aSivu et al, , 2014b.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%