Eriocaulon vandaanamensis, a new species of Eriocaulaceae from Kerala, India

4 September 2014

C N, Sunil; M K, Ratheesh Narayanan; M, Sivadasan; Alfarhan, Ahmed; V, Abdul Jaleel

Eriocaulon vandaanamensis (Eriocaulaceae), a new species from marshy coastal area in the Alappuzha District, Kerala, India, is described and illustrated. The new species is similar to Eriocaulon truncatum and resembles it in having vertically elongated seed coat cells, but differs mainly in having pale black hoary floral bracts, 3-lobed hoary male sepals, linear-falcate, non-conduplicate hoary female sepals, and small smooth, pale brown seeds without seed coat appendages.

10.1111/njb.00658