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Rotala biglandulosa (Lythraceae) – a new species of macrophyte from high-level ferricretes of the northern Western Ghats, India

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A new species, Rotala biglandulosa, is described here from the northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India. It is closely similar to R. juniperina but can be distinguished morphologically based on having stamens arising from base of the floral tube, the presence of three bipartite nectary gland, and capsules exceeding the floral tube. A phylogenetic study based on nrITS and psbA–trnH loci also confirmed the status of R. biglandulosa as a distinct species.

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The research was funded by the Department of Science and Technology–Science and Engineering Research Board (DST-SERB, project. CRG/2019/006925), Government of India is gratefully acknowledged. We are beholden for the support provided by Savitribai Phule Pune University. We are thanking the Biodiversity board of Maharashtra, Forest Departments of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu for giving us access to the biological resources for this work. We are grateful to Dr Shekhar Mohite (LBS College, Satara) for helping in field collection, Dr Karthick Balasubramanian (ARI) for helping in SEM analysis. Thanks are also due to the authorities of all the cited herbaria for their help during herbarium consultation and for making the specimens available digitally.

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Prasanth, A., Sardesai, M.M. Rotala biglandulosa (Lythraceae) – a new species of macrophyte from high-level ferricretes of the northern Western Ghats, India. Folia Geobot 57, 201–212 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12224-022-09418-x

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