taxonID	type	description	language	source
B93C87ABA52DFFE1181313453CBDFDF1.taxon	description	Flowering & fruiting: Throughout year. Habitat: Grows along river beds at elevation ranging from 2000 to 2260 feet. Distribution: Known from southern China, Thailand and the Philippines (Liang & Wang, 2014) and now from Maharashtra, India. Specimens examined: INDIA, Maharashtra, Kolhapur district, Ajara tahshil, Ajara village, 16 ° 04 ′ 49 ″ N, 74 ° 12 ′ 36.8 ″ E, 2165 ft., 29.10.2016, Sardesai & Shimpale 2145 (The New College Herbarium, SUK!); Sindhudurg district, Sawantwadi tahshil, Amboli village 15 ° 57 ′ 10 ″ N, 74 ° 01 ′ 32 ″ E, 2234 ft., 12.11.2016, Sardesai & Shimpale 2148 (The New College Herbarium, SUK!). Notes: During the present study two different populations were noticed from similar habitats. The Amboli population showed brown coloured leaves and inflorescence with a few flowers whereas the Ajara population showed a dense inflorescence. Plants were growing associated with Bonnaya antipoda (L.) Druce, B. hyssopoides (L.) Haines, Cyperus sp., Lindernia anagalis (Burm. f.) Pennell Ludwigia sp. and Panicum sp. According to Liang and Wang (2014) the flowers are solitary and axillary or in terminal racemes in B. antipoda while always in terminal racemes in B. sanpabloensis. But Philcox (1968) noted that, the flowers are in racemes or solitary in the leaf axils and intermediate between these two types being quite frequent in B. antipoda. Hence the character of inflorescence is overlapping and cannot be considered as a diagnostic character for segregation of the species. However, B. sanpabloensis can be separated from the morphologically similar B. antipoda in having clearly vertical fruiting pedicel (vs. ascending pedicel), smooth pollen exine surface (vs. rough surface) and densely pilose, 5 – 6 mm long staminodes (vs. sub-glabrous, 3.3 – 4.3 mm long).	en	V. A., Sardesai, S. S., Sathe, Shimpale, V. B., China, South, The, Maharashtra. (2019): Bonnaya sanpabloensis (Linderniaceae): An addition to the flora of India. Rheedea 29 (2): 178-180, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2019.29.2.03, URL: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2019.29.2.03
