- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77203911-1
- Publication
- NeBIO. A Journal of Environment and Biodiversity.
- Collation
- 8(3): 130, figs. 1-2
- Date of Publication
- Sep 2017
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Asclepiadaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- P.M. Salim 430
- Locality
- Wayanad district, Arunamala, altitude 1606 m
- Collection Date
- 8 Jul 2013
- Type Herbaria
- holotype MSSRF
isotype MSSRF - Latitude
- 11° 30' N
- Longitude
- 76° 6' E
- Distribution Of Types
- Kerala (India, Indian Subcontinent, Asia-Tropical)
Nomenclatural Notes
(epublished)
Remarks
Eponymy: The specific epithet honours Dr. V. Balakrishnan, Head, MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, Community Agro biodiversity Center Wayanad Kerala, and recognizes his immense contributions to botany, especially in the fields of Agro biodiversity conservation & Ethno taxonomy.