EUGENIA PACHAKUMACHIANA (MYRTACEAE), A NEW SPECIES FROM THE WESTERN GHATS, INDIA

S. Arumugam; C.  Murugan

doi:10.24823/EJB.2022.1938

EUGENIA PACHAKUMACHIANA (MYRTACEAE), A NEW SPECIES FROM THE WESTERN GHATS, INDIA

Authors

S. Arumugam Botanical Survey of India https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4078-6557
C. Murugan Botanical Survey of India https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0472-7990

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24823/EJB.2022.1938

Keywords:

Eugenia, India, Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary (Theni), Myrtaceae, new species, Western Ghats

Abstract

Eugenia pachakumachiana Arum. & Murugan, a species from Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary, southern Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India, and new to science is described and illustrated. The species is compared with its closely allied species Eugenia rottleriana Wight & Arn. and incorporated into a key of Indian Eugenia species.