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Issue: Vol. 440 No. 3: 28 April 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-04-28
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.440.3.5
Page range: 232–238
Abstract views: 75
PDF downloaded: 2

Discovery of Aconitum haridasanii (Ranunculaceae), a new species from Arunachal Pradesh, India

Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany, Department of Botany, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong - 793022, Meghalaya, India.
Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany, Department of Botany, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong - 793022, Meghalaya, India.
Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany, Department of Botany, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong - 793022, Meghalaya, India.
Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany, Department of Botany, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong - 793022, Meghalaya, India.
CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow-226001, Uttar Pradesh, India
Aconitum haridasanii Tawang morphology taxonomy Endangered General

Abstract

Aconitum haridasanii, a new species from Tawang, India, is described and illustrated. This new species differs from its allied species Aconitum spicatum in having a taller and flexuous stem, pale yellow to whitish flowers in a shorter few-flowered inflorescence, densely pubescent shorter pedicels, bract shorter than pedicel, shorter sepals, longer petals, and only 3 carpels. Threat assessment was undertaken for the species following IUCN criteria (IUCN 2017 version 13) and the species was classified as Critically Endangered.

How to Cite

TIWARY, RAGHUVAR, HARSH SINGH, DIBYENDU ADHIKARI, PREM PRAKASH SINGH, and SAROJ KANTA BARIK. 2020. “Discovery of <em>Aconitum haridasanii</Em> (Ranunculaceae), a New Species from Arunachal Pradesh, India”. Phytotaxa 440 (3):232–238. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.440.3.5.