Taxonomy and Lectotypification of Ophiorrhiza radicans (Rubiaceae)

The identity of Ophiorrhiza barnesii (Rubiaceae) – a critically endangered and endemic species of the southern Western Ghats, India

“…The genus Ophiorrhiza L. (Rubiaceae: Rubioideae: Ophiorrhizeae), represented by 382 species, is distributed mainly in wet tropical and subtropical forests of Southeast Asia (Nair et al, 2022a;POWO, 2023). The Western Ghats and the Northeast India are the two major centres of diversity having the highest concentration of species in India.…”