A new species of Oberonia (Orchidaceae) from Western Ghats of Kerala, India

6 April 2018

Kothareddy, Prasad; KM, Prabhukumar; Sudheshna, Pemmu

A new Oberonia species, O. muthikulamensis (Orchidaceae), is described and illustrated from Muthikulam forest, Western Ghats of Kerala, India. It is compared with a closely morphologically similar species, O. sebastiana, an endemic species of Western Ghats.

10.1111/njb.01797