Gentianella tumailica (Gentianaceae) -A new species from cold desert of Northwest Himalaya, India
16 April 2018
Shabir, Mohd; Agnihotri, Priyanka; Tiwari, Jay; Husain, TariqA new species of the genus Gentianella, G. tumailica sp. nov. from Tumail in Kargil district of Ladakh, northwest Himalaya, India is described and illustrated. It is closely related to G. stoliczka in morphological appearance, inflorescence pattern, calyx and corolla shapes, sagitate anthers, more or less rounded seeds and same distributional ranges, but differs in small size vegetative and floral structures, larger basal leaves, few cauline leaves, leaf apex obtuse to rounded, calyx lobes unequal (2 longer, 3 shorter), inflorescence enveloping by 4 foliaceous bracts, capsule elliptic to oblong and seed coat smooth. Comparative morphological characters of G. tumailica and G. stoliczka are tabulated below.
Doi
10.1111/njb.01919