TY - JOUR T1 - A new species of Litsea (Lauraceae) from Kerala part of Western Ghats, India JF - Phytotaxa Y1 - 2017 DO - doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.303.3.9 A1 - Robi, A.J. A1 - Udayan, Punnakkal Sreedharan A1 - Li, Hsi-Wen A1 - Li, Jie SP - 285 EP - 289 AB -

A new species of Litsea from India is described and illustrated. Litsea indoverticillata is recognized from the Malabar Wildlife sanctuary of Nilgiri phytogeographical zone of southern Western Ghats. It is distinguished from the closely related L. quinqueflora and L. verticillata by straggling shrub habit; 7–15 mm long, glabrous petiole, chartaceous and glabrous leaves, glabrous midrib; 15–24 pairs of lateral veins; solitary, glabrous, and pruinose inflorescence; greenish-white to whitish flowers.

VL - 303 ER -