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TABLE 1. Morphological comparison between Li in Litsea vagamonica (Lauraceae): a new species from southern Western Ghats, Kerala, India
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- 1. Department of Botany, Bi-shop Abraham Memori-al College, Thuruthi-cad, Pathanamthi-tta, Kerala, Indi-a- 689 597 & P. G. & Research Department of Botany, St. Thomas College, Kozhencherry, Pathanamthitta, Kerala, India ˗ 689 641
- 2. P. G. & Research Department of Botany, St. Thomas College, Kozhencherry, Pathanamthitta, Kerala, India ˗ 689 641
Description
TABLE 1. Morphological comparison between Litsea vagamonica, L. wightiana and L. glabrata.
| Characters | Litsea wightiana | Litsea vagamonica | Litsea glabrata |
|---|---|---|---|
| Habit | Tree, 15 m | Tree, 5 m | Tree, 15 m |
| Branchlets | Rusty tomentose | Glabrous | Glabrous |
| Leaves | 7–16 × 3–8 cm, oblong, elliptic to obovate; base acute, apex obtuse, margins incurved, rusty tomentose, rigidly coriaceous | 12–13 × 4–6 cm, elliptic-lanceolate, base acute to obtuse, apex acute to acuminate, margins incurved, glabrous, thinly coriaceous | 10–16 × 3–6 cm, oblanceolate, elliptic-oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, base acute to cuneate, apex acute to attenuate, margin flat, glabrous, coriaceous |
| Petiole | 10–20 mm long, rusty-tomentose, slightly grooved adaxially, rounded abaxially | 8–10 mm long, glabrous, flat adaxially and rounded abaxially | 10–15 mm long, glabrous, slightly grooved adaxially |
| Lateral veins | 8–12 pairs of secondaries, rusty tomentose; tertiary veins prominent and scalariform reticulation, marginally looped | 9–11 pairs of secondaries, glabrous; tertiary veins prominent, sub-scalariform and finely reticulate | 9–12 pairs of secondaries, glabrous; tertiary veins obscure, faintly reticulate |
| Brachyblasts | 4–10 cm long, rusty tomentose | 4–7 cm long, densely puberulent | 5–12 cm long, silky-appressed hairy |
| Peduncle of umbels | 4–6 mm long, rusty tomentose, terete | 5–10 mm long, densely puberulent, sub-terete | 5–8 mm long, sparsely tomentose, terete to angular |
| Involucral bracts | 5–8 × 3–5 mm, obovate, ferrugineous-tomentose outside and glabrous inside, nerves obscure | 3–5 × 4–5 mm, orbicular, obovate, fulvous-tomentose outside, glabrous inside, 6-nerved | 5–6 × 3–4 mm, obovate, greyappressed hairy outside, glabrous inside, 5-nerved |
| Staminal glands | Sessile | Stipitate | Stipitate |
| Pistillode | Absent | Present | Absent |
| Ovary | Ca. 1 mm long, ovoid, glabrous | Ca. 1.5 mm long, ellipsoid, sparsely pubescent | Ca. 2 mm long, ovoid, glabrous |
| Fruit | 1.2–1.6 × 0.8–1.0 cm, ovoid | 1.2–1.9 × 0.9–1.2 cm, ellipsoid | 1.0–1.6 × 0.5–0.8 cm, ovoid |
| Cupule (length × diameter) | 0.5–0.8 × 0.6–0.8 cm, sparsely pubescent, margin entire | 0.6–0.8 × 0.5–0.8 cm, puberulent, margin entire, cleft at maturity | 0.7–0.8 × 0.5–0.7 cm, glabrous, margin entire |
| Fruiting pedicel | 0.2–0.8 cm long, angular, sparsely pubescent | 0.9–1.2 cm long, sub-terete to angular, glabrous | 0.2–0.8 cm long, terete, sparsely silky-pubescent |
Notes
Published as part of Robi, Aloor Jose & Vijayasharma, Revathy, 2024, Litsea vagamonica (Lauraceae): a new species from southern Western Ghats, Kerala, India, pp. 298 in Phytotaxa 645 (3) on page 298, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.645.3.9, http://zenodo.org/record/13215134
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