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Type: Article
Published: 2018-10-05
Page range: 260–266
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A new species and typification in Pedicularis series Curvipes (Orobanchaceae)

Plant Diversity, Systematics & Herbarium Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow-226001
Plant Diversity, Systematics & Herbarium Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow-226001
Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD), Imphal 795001, Manipur, India.
Plant Diversity, Systematics & Herbarium Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow-226001
Pedicularis husainiana Dzükou valley Manipur Orobanchaceae lectotypification Eudicots

Abstract

Pedicularis series Curvipes, of the family Orobanchaceae consisting of three species, is mainly distributed in eastern Himalaya, P. curvipes and P. nagaensis are found distributed from Sikkim to Manipur and P. amplicollis is reported from Bhutan. In the present study, a new taxon, closely related to P. amplicollis, is described from Dzükou valley, Manipur, and illustrated here as P. husainiana P.Agnihotri, D. Husain, D. Sahoo & S.K. Barik. Additionally, the lectotype of P. curvipes is designated here.