A new Cryptocoryne species (Araceae) from southwestern Sri Lanka

 

Deepthi Yakandawala, Jan D. Bastmeijer†, Niels Jacobsen, & Suwidji Wongso

 

ABSTRACT

A new species, Cryptocoryne srilankaensis, from the southwestern part of Sri Lanka is described and illustrated and incorporated into an identification key to all Sri Lankan Cryptocoryne species. Cryptocoryne srilankaensis differs significantly from the other Cryptocoryne species by the spathe having a long tube and a white, short forward-bent limb, as well as by the leaves having a finely undulate margin.

 

KEYWORDS

Araceae, Cryptocoryne, new species, chromosome number, Sri Lanka.