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Plant Science Today (PST)

Research communications

Vol. 5 No. 4 (2018)

Eugenia kalamii (Myrtaceae), a new species from Western Ghats, India

DOI
https://doi.org/10.14719/pst.2018.5.4.429
Submitted
24 September 2018
Published
21-11-2018

Abstract

A new species of Eugenia L. (Myrtcaeae), viz. E. kalamii, is described and illustrated from the Western Ghats of India. It is morphologically allied to E. mooniana Wight, (Indo-Sri Lankan species) and E. wynadensis Bedd., (endemic species of southern Western Ghats).

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