A New Species of Stellaria (Caryophyllaceae) from Western Himalaya, India

23 December 2014

Pusalkar, Prashant K.

Stellaria devendrae (Caryophyllaceae), a new species is here described and illustrated from Uttarakhand state of the Indian western Himalaya. It differs from allied S. monosperma Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don and S. paniculata Edgew., in having sub-sessile, oblanceolate or obovate leaves with non amplexicaul, rounded to sub-auricled leaf base; inflorescence of terminal, regularly and simply branched panicle of cymes; larger flowers (5–8 mm across); 5-lobed floral disc; comparatively larger sepals (4–7 mm long); petal lamina lobed for more than 1/2 to 4/5th the lamina; filaments opposite sepals with prominent nectar glands at base; adjoining filaments not fused at base and inconspicuously reticulate-papillate seed surface.

10.1111/njb.00719