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During floristic work at Chandrapur and surrounding area, some interesting specimens of Afrohybanthus of family Violaceae were collected. It was identified as Afrohybanthus puberulus (M. Gilbert.) U.B. Deshmukh, a new distributional plant record from Maharashtra state. In present communication its taxonomic description has been provided.
Violaceae, Afrohybanthus puberulus, Chandrapur, Maharashtra. State