Euonymus pushpagiriensis (Celastraceae), a new species from the central Western Ghats of Karnataka, India

By

Page, Navendu
Thackeray, Tejas

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

253

Pages

1--9

Subjects

endemic , Euonymus , India , Kodagu , Western Ghats

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.253.138418

 

Abstract

Euonymus pushpagiriensissp. nov., an understorey tree species from the montane (Shola) forests of Kodagu District of Karnataka is described and illustrated. The species is morphologically distinct from all other species of Euonymus reported from the Western Ghats and the rest of India, in having sub-sessile, ovate leaves with rounded to sub-cordate leaf base. This species is, so far, known from the Kodagu District of the State of Karnataka.