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Issue: Vol. 662 No. 3: 13 Aug. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-08-13
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.662.3.9
Page range: 293-297
Abstract views: 56
PDF downloaded: 3

Recollection of Silene vagans C.B. Clarke (Caryophyllaceae) after a span of 138 years from Nagaland, India: its typification and threat assessment

Department of Botany, Kohima Science College Jotsoma, Phezu- 797002, Nagaland, India
Department of Botany, Kohima Science College Jotsoma, Phezu- 797002, Nagaland, India
Landscape and Cosmetic Maintenance Section, Architectural and Structural Engineering Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai- 400085, Maharashtra, India
Kiphire Forest Division, Department of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Government of Nagaland, Kiphire – 798611, Nagaland, India
Kiphire Forest Division, Department of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Government of Nagaland, Kiphire – 798611, Nagaland, India
Department of Forestry, School of Sciences, Nagaland University, Lumami – 798627, Nagaland, India
Botanical Survey of India, CGO Complex, 3rd MSO Building, Block F, 5th Floor, Salt Lake City, Kolkata – 700 064, West Bengal, India
Eudicots Conservation epitype Nagaland recollection Silene khasiana

Abstract

Silene vagans C.B. Clarke (Caryophyllaceae) has been rediscovered after a lapse of 138 years, which is closely related to Silene khasiana Rohrb., and hitherto been documented solely through its type collection. A detailed floral description of S. vagans, lectotype and epitype designations have been provided here along with its IUCN threat status.

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