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Ixora gadgiliana sp. nov. (Rubiaceae: Ixorideae), a new species from Southern Western Ghats, India

Anoop PUTHUPARAMBIL BALAN & Robi ALOOR JOSE

en Adansonia 47 (4) - Pages 27-30

Published on 03 March 2025

Ixora gadgiliana Balan & Robi, sp. nov., a new species of Rubiaceae is described from the Kerala part of Southern Western Ghats, India. It is allied to I. lawsonii Gamble in its terminal, dense, short-peduncled corymbose inflorescence, but distinct from the latter by the arborescent habit, short, obovate-oblanceolate leaves with 7-9 pairs of secondary veins, comparatively small, white flowers with short, deltoid calyx lobes and beaked anthers.


Keywords:

Rubiaceae, Ixora, Western Ghats, threatened species, Idukki, landslides, new species

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