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Oberonia swaminathanii sp. nov. (Orchidaceae) from Kerala, India
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Oberonia swaminathanii sp. nov. (Orchidaceae) from Kerala, India

M. K. Ratheesh Narayanan, K. M. Manudev, P. Sujanapal, N. Anil Kumar, M. Sivadasan and Ahmed H. Alfarhan
Nordic journal of botany, Vol.28(6), pp.713-715
12/2010

Abstract

Life Sciences & Biomedicine Plant Sciences Science & Technology
Oberonia swaminathanii, a new species of Orchidaceae from Wayanad district, Kerala, India is described and illustrated. The new species resembles Oberonia balakrishnanii, O. chandrasekharanii and O. seidenfadeniana by its 3-lobed labellum and 2-lobuled midlobe; but differs in having brick-red coloured flowers, triangular labellum disc, and a subglobose column.

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