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Canscora shrirangiana (Gentianaceae), a new species from lateritic plateaus of Goa, India

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A new species, Canscora shrirangiana Kambale, Kolte & A. Deshp. is described and illustrated here. The new species is morphologically similar to C. pauciflora.

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Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful to the curators of BM, C, K, LINN and P herbaria for virtual images of type specimens. We are also thankful to Dr Avishek Bhattacharjee (CAL) for sending images of type specimens. The third, corresponding author (SSK) thanks the University Grants Commission (F.4-2/2006 (BSR)/ BL/14-15/0489 dated 1 July 2015) for financial assistance.

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  1. Department of Botany, Goa University, Goa, 403 206, India

    Rutuja Kolte, Anup Deshpande & Sharad Kambale

  2. Department of Botany, Maratha Vidya Prasarak Samaj, Arts, Commerce & Science College, Tryambakeshwar, Nashik, (MS), 422 212, India

    Sharad Kambale

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  1. Rutuja Kolte
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Correspondence to Sharad Kambale.

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Kolte, R., Deshpande, A. & Kambale, S. Canscora shrirangiana (Gentianaceae), a new species from lateritic plateaus of Goa, India. Kew Bull 73, 34 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-018-9758-1

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