Oberonia swaminathanii, a new orchid species from Kerala

manudev madhavan

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Feb 14, 2011, 12:18:20 AM2/14/11

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Hi,

Attaching here with the photograph of Oberonia swamintahanii Ratheesh, Manudev & Sujanapal, recently described from Wayanad distict of Kerala.

(Narayanan, M. K. R., Manudev, K. M., Sujanapal, P., Kumar, N. A., Sivadasan, M. and Alfarhan, A. H. (2010), Oberonia swaminathanii sp. nov. (Orchidaceae) from Kerala, India. Nordic Journal of Botany, 28: 713–715. doi: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.2010.00822.x)

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1756-1051.2010.00822.x/abstract

with regards

Manudev K Madhavan

Systematic & Floristic Lab,

Department of Botany,
Centre for Postgraduate Studies & Research
St. Joseph's College, Devagiri
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Oberonia swaminathanii.jpg

Pankaj Kumar

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Feb 14, 2011, 12:31:54 AM2/14/11

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Thanks for sharing. I was about to say why not O. chandrasekharanii,
but then I saw the reprint.
Great work!! Kudos to you and your co-authors.
Pankaj

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manudev madhavan

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Feb 14, 2011, 1:14:25 AM2/14/11

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Thanks a lot..

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Smita Raskar

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Feb 14, 2011, 2:47:10 AM2/14/11

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Wow that is so cuuute..... Congrates :):)

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