A new species, Peucedanum pradeepianum KMP Kumar, Hareesh & Indu sp. nov. from Western Ghats of Kerala, is described and illustrated. The new species is closely related to P. anamallayense and P. dhana var. dhana, but differs in having deeply serrate leaflets, broadly ovate bract, ovate-lanceolate, acute bracteoles, and 3–4 lateral and 4 commissural vittae.

Keywords: Novelty, IUCN Red List, south India, Eudicots

  

Konickal Mambetta Prabhukumar, Vadakkoot Sankaran Hareesh, Ram Pradeep and Indira Balachandran. 2020. Peucedanum pradeepianum (Apiaceae: Apioideae), A New Species from Western Ghats, India. Phytotaxa. 446(1); 43–48. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.446.1.5