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A new species ofThottea (Aristolochiaceae) from India

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Thottea ponmudiana sp. nova from Kerala (India) can readily be distinguished from its closest allyTh. siliquosa and all the other known species of the genus by its yellow flowers with purple eyes, deeply lobed perianth with strongly reflexed margins, uniseriate stamens united in three bundles and strongly 4-angled, green, glabrescent fruits.

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  • Ding Hou, 1981: Florae Malesianae Precursores LXII. On the genusThottea Rottb. (Aristolochiaceae). — Blumea27, 301–332.

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  • Sivarajan, V. V., Indu Balachandran, Babu, A. (in press): A new species ofThottea Rottb. (Aristolochiaceae) with notes on the identity ofThottea siliquosa. — Indian J. Forestry.

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  1. Department of Botany, University of Calicut, 673 635, Kerala, India

    V. V. Sivarajan

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Sivarajan, V.V. A new species ofThottea (Aristolochiaceae) from India. Pl Syst Evol 150, 201–204 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00984196

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