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Issue: Vol. 689 No. 1: 20 Feb. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-02-20
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.689.1.11
Page range: 153-157
Abstract views: 209
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Polycarpaea borae (Caryophyllaceae) A new species from Maharashtra, India

Department of Botany, Shirur Shikshan Prasarak Mandal’s Chandmal Tarachand Bora College of Arts, Commerce and Science, Shirur, Pune, Maharashtra 412210, India. Department of Botany, Maratha Vidya Prasarak Samaj’s KRT Arts, BH Commerce and AM Science College, Nashik, Maharashtra 422002, India.
Department of Botany, SNJB’s KKHA Arts, SMGL Commerce and SPHJ Science College, Chandwad, Nashik, Maharashtra 423101, India. Department of Botany, Maratha Vidya Prasarak Samaj’s KRT Arts, BH Commerce and AM Science College, Nashik, Maharashtra 422002, India.
PG & Research Department of Botany, PSG College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641014, India.
Polycarpaea corymbosa Ralegansidhhi Western Ghats Eudicots

Abstract

Polycarpaea borae, a new species is described and illustrated here from Ralegansidhhi, Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra state, India. This new species is similar to Polycarpaea corymbosa, but differs in having narrow leaves, oblong stipules parted into three, oblong bracts longer than sepals, parted into two, bracteole absent, inconspicuous filaments spheroid, pubescent gynoecia, and 3–6 seeds, yellow to brown, with striated.

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How to Cite

Chaudhari, A.N., Patil, M.T. & Arya, S. (2025) Polycarpaea borae (Caryophyllaceae) A new species from Maharashtra, India. Phytotaxa 689 (1): 153–157. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.689.1.11