Rediscovery of Syzygium kanarense (Talbot) Raizada (Myrtaceae) - an endemic species of the Western Ghats, India

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H.S. Shenoy
G. Krishnakumar
Ramakrishna Marati

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Syzygium kanarense - a rare and critically endangered species of the Western Ghats has been rediscovered after a gap of 47 years from the evergreen forests of the North Kanara District, Karnataka-India.

 

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