Volume 26, Issue 78, July - December, 2025

Dioscorea balakrishnanii (Dioscoreaceae), a new species from south Western Ghats, India

Pichan Mohammed Salim¹, Jose Mathew^2,3♦, Safeer Manakkattil Muhammadsulphey⁴

¹MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, Puthurvayal, Kalpetta, Wayanad – 673577, Kerala, India
²Department of Botany, Sanatana Dharma College, Alappuzha – 688003, Kerala, India
³Research Department of Botany, University of Kerala, Karyavattom, Thiruvananthapuram – 695581, Kerala, India
⁴Instructional Farm, College of Agriculture, Kerala Agricultural University, Vellayani, Thiruvananthapuram – 695522, Kerala, India

^♦Corresponding Author
Jose Mathew, Research Department of Botany, University of Kerala, Karyavattom, Thiruvananthapuram – 695581, Kerala, India

ABSTRACT

Within the context of the diversity and floristic study has conducted on tuberous plants of the Kerala part of South Western Ghats, a new species, Dioscorea balakrishnanii P.M.Salim & J.Mathew is described. The taxonomic description, colour photographs, and morphological differences to the allied taxa are provided to facilitate its easy identification in the field.

Keywords: Kerala, new species; South Western Ghats, Taxonomy

Species, 2025, 26(78), e42s3191

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Published: 29 August 2025