Sonerila gigantea (Melastomataceae): A New Species from Western  Ghats, India

Prashant Karadakatti; Siddappa B Kakkalameli

doi:10.9734/ajrib/2025/v8i1264

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Sonerila gigantea (Melastomataceae): A New Species from Western Ghats, India

Prashant Karadakatti, Siddappa B Kakkalameli

Asian Journal of Research in Botany · pp. 289–297 · Published 13 Jun 2025

10.9734/ajrib/2025/v8i1264

Abstract

The Sonerila gigantea is a new acaulescent species found in Mallalli Falls, Kodagu District, Karnataka, India, part of the Western Ghats. This species has distinguishable characteristics like habit from the genus Sonerila worldwide. S. gigantea is compared with Sonerila wallichii Benn. & Sonerila grandis Ridl. The species shown differ in several characteristics like habit, leaf and inflorescence, described in a table form with taxonomic keys and even explained micro morphology characters like pollen and seed. This report deliberates on the new species Sonerila gigantea from the Western Ghats, India.

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Prashant Karadakatti, Siddappa B Kakkalameli (2025). Sonerila gigantea (Melastomataceae): A New Species from Western Ghats, India. Asian Journal of Research in Botany , 289–297. https://doi.org/10.9734/ajrib/2025/v8i1264

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Prashant Karadakatti — Department of Studies in Botany, Davangere University, Shivagangothri, Davangere–577 007, India.
Siddappa B Kakkalameli — Department of Studies in Botany, Davangere University, Shivagangothri, Davangere–577 007, India.

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