A New Species of Brachystelma R.Br. (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae – Ceropegieae) from India
2011
B. Ravi Prasad Rao | K. Prasad | B. Sadasivaiah | S. Khadar Basha | M.V. Suresh Babu | P.V. Prasanna
Brachystelma pullaiahi Ravi Prasad Rao, Prasad, Sadasivaiah, Suresh Babu and Prasanna, a new species of Brachystelma R. Br. (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae - Ceropegieae) is described and illustrated. This species located in the hills of Eastern Ghats of Southern Andhra Pradesh is similar to B. maculatum Hook. f. but differs in having long stems, solitary flowers, ash-coloured corolla base, very long and non-keeled, pale yellow corolla lobes with white hairs and biseriate yellow corona.
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