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Brachystelma nigidianum (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae), a new species from the Nigidi forest near Kadiri, Anantapuramu district of Andhra Pradesh State, India is described and illustrated. It is similar to B. beddomei Hook. f. and B. volubile Hook. f., in its climbing habit and leaf shape, but can be distinguished from these two species by the length of its calyx (9 – 10 mm long), distinct urceolate-shaped corolla tube, reddish maroon corona and apically connate follicles.
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The authors are grateful to Dr Ulrich Meve, Universität Bayreuth, Germany for his comments and Dr R. Vijayasankar, N.C.N.P.R., University of Mississippi, MS, USA for pictures of Brachystelma beddomei. The authors would like to thank the two anonymous reviewers for their comments on the manuscript. We are also thankful to The Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences, Government of India (No. 2008/36/34-BRNS) for financial assistance. The first author RK thanks DBT IISc Program, (R(IA)DBT-IISc(KRKS/KSR)/CES)/2014-) for financial assistance and also CES, IISc Bangalore for lab facilities.
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Kullayiswamy, K.R., Sandhyarani, S. & Pullaiah, T. Brachystelma nigidianum (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae), a new species from India. Kew Bull 71, 50 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-016-9668-z
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