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Volume 64, Issue 1, July 2022

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Gentiana capitata Subsp. hemkundiana (Gentianaceae) - A New Subspecies from Hemkund, Uttarakhand, India

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v64/2022/168291

Published 2022-08-02

  • Mohd Shabir
    • ,
  • A. N. Shukla

Mohd Shabir
Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research Centre, Kargil Campus, University of Ladakh, Saliskote Kargil, Union Territory of Ladakh - 194105

A. N. Shukla
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, New Delhi - 110003

Abstract

Gentiana capitata Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don subsp. hemkundiana M.Shabir & A.N. Shukla collected from Hemkund in Garhwal Himalaya of Uttarakhand, India is described and illustrated here. The subspecies is morphologically characterized by small stout herb, stem sub-sessile; margin of leaves broadly membranous, flowers few, not dense or clustered, calyx tube herbaceous (not membranous), lobes linear-lanceolate or narrowly oblong; stamens inserted near the middle of corolla tube; seeds membranous with rough surface or slightly reticulate. The new taxon is compared morphologically with sympatric taxa G. capitata subsp. capitata and G. capitata subsp. harwanensis (G.Singh) Halda. In addition, a diagnostic key to the close infra-specific taxa of G. capitata is also provided.

Keywords

Chondrophyllae, Capitata, Indian Himalayan Region, Morphology, Polymorphic.

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Author Biography

Mohd Shabir

Assistant Professor (Contractual) in Dept. of Botany, Universityof Ladakh

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