Rotala pseudojuniperina, a new species of Lythraceae from India
28 February 2017
Lekhak, Manoj; Yadav, S. R.A new species, Rotala pseudojuniperina is described and illustrated. It grows in a seasonal pond on a high altitude lateritic plateau ecosystem of the northern Western Ghats, India. It resembles the African species R. juniperina in having trimerous flowers but differs in longer sepal appendages, ovoid capsule and ellipsoid seeds. Amongst the Indian species, R. pseudojuniperina shows affinities towards R. densiflora but differs in trimerous flowers, ovoid capsule and longer and ellipsoid seeds.
Doi
10.1111/njb.01518