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Issue: Vol. 666 No. 1: 26 Sept. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-09-26
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.666.1.8
Page range: 73-78
Abstract views: 122
PDF downloaded: 9

Helichrysum emodi (Gnaphalieae: Asteraceae), a new species from the Indian Himalaya

Plant Cytogenetics and Reproductive Biology Lab., Department of Botany, University of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir – 180006, India
Forest Research Lab., Department of Botany & Microbiology, HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar Garhwal – 246174, Uttarakhand, India
Himalayan Biodiversity and Taxonomy Lab., Department of Botany & Microbiology, HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar Garhwal – 246174, Uttarakhand, India
Asteraceae alpine flora GUH holotype Madhmaheshwar Valley Uttarakhand Eudicots

Abstract

Helichrysum emodi (Gnaphalieae: Asteraceae) is described as new to science from Madhmaheshwar valley of Uttarakhand, India. Morphologically it resembles H. cutchicum and H. kashgaricum, but differs from these two species in having broad, sub-cordate to semi-amplexicaule leaf base with obtuse apex, shape of phyllaries, and absence of female florets, respectively. A detailed morphological description and illustration of H. emodi, together with pollen and habitat photographs and a key to the species of Helichrysum occurring in India are provided for the species identification.

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