v3i2.52

Submitted date: 8 August 2011
Accepted date: 30 November 2011
Published date: 20 December 2011
Pp. 93–95.

A NEW SPECIES OF Sonerila (MELASTOMATACEAE) FROM THE WESTERN GHATS – INDIA

M. Murugesan* & V. Balasubramaniam
*Corresponding author. E-mail: taxonmurugesh@gmail.com

Abstract
A new species of Sonerila Roxburgh (Melastomataceae) is described and illustrated. Sonerila nayarana sp. nov. occurs in the Velliangiri hills, the Western Ghats in the Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu, India. It seems most similar to Sonerila parameswaranii Ravikumar & Lakshmanan, 1999.

Key words : taxonomy, Sonerila nayarana, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

Section Editor: Prasad Senadheera