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Type: Article
Published: 2018-09-04
Page range: 173–178
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Dioscorea longipedicellata (Dioscoreaceae), a new species from the Indian subcontinent

Taxonomy and Biosystematics Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700019, West Bengal, India.
Botanical Survey of India, Western Regional Centre, 7, Koregaon Road, Pune 411001, Maharashtra, India.
Taxonomy and Biosystematics Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700019, West Bengal, India.
Dioscoreaceae Indian subcontinent New species Monocots

Abstract

A new species of Dioscorea, viz., D. longipedicellata is described and illustrated based on collections from northeast India and northwest Bangladesh. The new species is closely allied to D. kamoonensis and D. pentaphylla. D. longipedicellata can be diagnosed by its glabrous stem, glabrous membranous lamina, pedicellate male flowers, funnel-shaped, fleshy prominent pedicels, glabrous bract situated at the base of pedicel directly on rachis and membranous, glabrous tepals.