Brachystelma nallamalayana sp. nov. (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae: Ceropegieae) from India

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and Prof. M.K. Janarthanam, Goa University for giving valuable comments. We thank the authorities of Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata for providing relevant literature.

Some new combinations and new names for Flora of India

“…All four species share similar habit with slender, sturdy and erect stems and long drooping leaves. However, they differ from each other by their floral characters viz., corolla colour, ornamentation, indumentum and corona structure and thus hold their specific identities (Prasad and Rao, 2013;Prasad and Venu, 2018;Pullaiah et al, 2019;Rasingam et al, 2013;Sadasivaiah et al, 2016).…”

Brachystelma annamacharyae sp. nov. (Apocynaceae) from the Seshachalam hills of Andhra Pradesh (India)

“…Brachystelma Sims, the second largest genus of the tribe Ceropegieae with ca 120 species, is distributed chiefly in the Old World tropics, particularly in sub‐Saharan Africa, India, Sri Lanka, southeast Asia and northern Australia, but is missing in Arabia (Meve , Masinde ). In India, 22 species have been reported, and of these, 21 species are endemic (Prasad and Rao , Rasingam et al , Kambale et al ). During recent botanical explorations in the Seshachalam hills part of the Eastern Ghats, the authors spotted a short, tuberous herb growing in rocky crevices among grasses in rich, dry deciduous forest.…”

<i>Brachystelma seshachalamense</i> (Apocynaceae), a new species from Andhra Pradesh, India

“…In India Brachystelma is represented by 23 species and, 22 of them are endemic to the country (Prasad et al, 2016;Venu and Prasad, 2015). The genus is represented by 8 species in Eastern Ghats (Hooker, 1883;Gamble, 1921;Rao et al, 2011;Prasad and Rao, 2013;Rasingam et al, 2013;Swamy et al, 2013). Two species are with twining habit, namely, Brachystelma beddomei Hook.…”