Affiliation:
1. Department of Botany and Microbiology, HNB Garhwal University Srinagar (Garhwal) Uttarakhand India
2. Dept of Botany, Central University of Jammu Jammu and Kashmir India
3. Botanic Garden, Plant Conservation and Agrotechnologies Division, CSIR‐National Botanical Research Institute Lucknow Uttar Pradesh India
4. Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) Ghaziabad Uttar Pradesh India
Abstract
Lomatogonium madhmaheshwariansis (Gentianaceae), a new species from Himalaya, Uttarakhand state, India is described and illustrated. This species is similar to L. carinthiacum, but differs mainly in having a robust habit, quadrangular stems, cordate leaves, bracts absent, erect pedicel, calyx lobe with entire margin, corolla light purple with no striations, few fimbriae appendages and a biangular stigma. It is growing in specific environments of temperate to sub‐alpine regions. A population mapping and threat assessment for L. madhmaheshwariansis has been undertaken and using IUCN criteria it is classified as endangered (EN) in Himalaya. A key to all Indian species of Lomatogonium is provided for easy identification.
Subject
Plant Science,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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