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Elaeocarpus mahamayensis (Elaeocarpaceae), a new endemic species from the Knuckles Mountain Range in Sri Lanka

  • 1. Postgraduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka & Department of Botany, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka & nilankadulanisilva@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5111-2629
  • 2. Postgraduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka & Department of Botany, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
  • 3. Department of Horticulture & Landscape Gardening, Faculty of Agriculture & Plantation Management, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka & kapilay@wyb.ac.lk; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5304-4603

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Silva, Nilanka, Yakandawala, Deepthi, Yakandawala, Kapila (2023): Elaeocarpus mahamayensis (Elaeocarpaceae), a new endemic species from the Knuckles Mountain Range in Sri Lanka. Phytotaxa 616 (1): 1-26, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.616.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.616.1.1

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