Biography

Nambiyath Puthansurayil (or Puthnapurayil) Balakrishnan, Indian botanist (27 July 1935 – 

DESCRIBED PLANTAE TAXA

Subfamily 

Hippomanoideae 2007 with Chakrabarty 

Genera

Jainia 1980

Kurziodendron 1966

Santapaua 1964 with Subramanian

Subgenus

Epiphylloides 2010 with Binojkumar 

Sections

Gymnathemum 1992 with Chakrabarty 

Rostratae 1995 with Susila

Longistylae 2010 with Binojkumar 

Species / Subspecies (77)

Varieties (17)