Pavetta badullensis Ridsd. (Rubiaceae) is, a Sri Lankan element and so far, restricted to Sri Lanka, a new distributional record for India from the Southern Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu. For the easy identity and further collection in field, a short description with an illustration and other details are provided here.
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Gopalan, R. and Murugan, C., 2008. Pavetta badullensis Ridsd. (Rubiaceae) - A Sri Lankan element and an addition to Indiafrom Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu. Indian Journal of Forestry, 31(3), pp.447-448. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2008-N6Q9C7
Manuscript Published on 01 September 2008
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