| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1999 |
| Authors: | Thiyagaraj, J. G., Daniel P. |
| Journal: | Kew Bulletin. Kew, England |
| Volume: | 54 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Start Page: | 483 |
| Pagination: | 486 |
| Abstract: | Arisaema jethompsonii, a new species from the Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu, allied to A. tortuosum (Wall.) Schott, is described and illustrated. |
| URL: | http://www.jstor.org/stable/4115831 |
| Full Text | During a study of the south Indian Araceae involving taxonomy, cytology and palynology (Thiyagaraj 1994), an Arisaema was collected at the southern end of the Western Ghats in Tirunelveli-Kanyakumari. It could not be identified with any of the 17 known south Indian species, and is described here as new. |
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