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Pothos crassipedunculatus Sivadasan & Mohanan (Araceae), a new species closely related to the SW. Indian endemic and little known speciesP. thomsonianus Schott is described. It is characterized by the the non-ligulate, shortly vaginate petiole, thickly peduncled inflorescence, broadly ovate spathe and a sessile spadix. It is included in ser.Brevivaginati Engler of sect.Allopothos Schott.
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Sivadasan, M., Mohanan, N. & Kumar, C.S. Pothos crassipedunculatus, a new species ofPothos sect.Allopothos (Araceae) from India. Pl Syst Evol 168, 221–225 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00936100
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