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Issue: Vol. 572 No. 3: 15 November 2022
Type: Article
Published: 2022-11-15
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.572.3.7
Page range: 283-288
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Euphorbia telanganensis (Euphorbiaceae), a new species from Eastern Ghats of Telangana, India

Biodiversity Research & Education Centre, Department of Botany, Dr. BRR Government Degree College, Jadcherla-509 031, Telangana, India.
Biodiversity Research & Education Centre, Department of Botany, Dr. BRR Government Degree College, Jadcherla-509 031, Telangana, India. Department of Botany, University College of Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad-500 007, Telangana, India.
Andhra Pradesh State Biodiversity Board, Opp. Nagarjuna University, Guntur-522 510, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Department of Botany, MES Degree College of Arts, Commerce and Science, Bangalore-560 003, Karnataka, India.
Department of Botany, University College of Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad-500 007, Telangana, India.
Flora of India Nagarkurnool district Euphorbia subg. Chamaesyce sect. Anisophyllum subsect. Hypericifoliae Eudicots

Abstract

Euphorbia telanganensis (Euphorbiaceae), a new species is described and illustrated from dry deciduous forest of Amrabad Tiger Reserve, the Eastern Ghats of Telangana state. The present new species is similar to Euphorbia jodhpurensis but differs in obovate or elliptic-obovate or ovate-elliptic, abaxillay pubescent leaves, 1.5–2.2 mm long peduncle, turbinate involucre, ellipsoid glands, unequal gland limbs, shallowly undulate posterior limbs, capsules deeply keeled, and trigonous.

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