Cochlospermum palakondense (Bixaceae), a New Species from the Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India

Kothareddy Prasad; Araveeti Madhusudhana Reddy; Chennuru Nagendra; Buchanapalli Sunil Kumar; Nandimandalam Raja Sekhar Reddy; Veeramasu Jyosthna Sailaja Rani

doi:10.5735/085.061.0132

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16 August 2024 Cochlospermum palakondense (Bixaceae), a New Species from the Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India

Kothareddy Prasad, Araveeti Madhusudhana Reddy, Chennuru Nagendra, Buchanapalli Sunil Kumar, Nandimandalam Raja Sekhar Reddy, Veeramasu Jyosthna Sailaja Rani

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Annales Botanici Fennici, 61(1):231-237 (2024). https://doi.org/10.5735/085.061.0132

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Cochlospermum palakondense A.M. Reddy, C. Nagendra & K. Prasad sp. nova (Bixaceae) is described from the dry deciduous forests of the Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is morphologically similar to C. religiosum, but differs from it by several characters, such as hairy vs. glabrous adaxial surface of mature leaves, rounded vs. acuminate to acute bract apices, elliptic vs. deltate or oblong staminal pore, densely white woolly vs. glabrous ovary, and white-tomentose vs. glabrous capsules. Based on direct threats to the species, its conservation status is assessed to be Critically Endangered.

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Kothareddy Prasad, Araveeti Madhusudhana Reddy, Chennuru Nagendra, Buchanapalli Sunil Kumar, Nandimandalam Raja Sekhar Reddy, and Veeramasu Jyosthna Sailaja Rani "Cochlospermum palakondense (Bixaceae), a New Species from the Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India," Annales Botanici Fennici 61(1), 231-237, (16 August 2024). https://doi.org/10.5735/085.061.0132

Published: 16 August 2024

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