Litsea robiana (Lauraceae), a New Species from Southern Western Ghats, India
Litsea robiana K.M.P. Kumar (Lauraceae) is described as a new species in sect. Cylicodaphne from the evergreen forests of Avalanchi, Tamil Nadu, India. It morphologically resembles L. wightiana and L. floribunda, but differs from them, for example, by having much shorter brachyblasts, six (vs. four) involucral bracts and longer fruit pedicels.
Authors
- Naresh Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5970-6719)
- Tikam Singh Rana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1393-9327)
- KONICKAL MAMBETTA PRABHUKUMAR
Institutions
- National Botanical Research Institute (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annales Botanici Fennici
- Published
- 2025-06-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5735/085.062.0130
- Primary Topic
- Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00