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Issue: Vol. 695 No. 1: 25 Mar. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-03-25
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.695.1.4
Page range: 91-104
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Semenovia zhobica (Apiaceae), a new species from Northern Balochistan, Pakistan

Department of Botany, Government Boys Degree College, Zhob, Balochistan, Pakistan
Department of Higher Plants, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1–12 Leninskie Gory, 119234, Moscow, Russia
National Herbarium of Pakistan (Stewart Collection), National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad, Pakistan
Botanical Garden, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1–12 Leninskie Gory, 119234, Moscow, Russia
Department of Evolutionary Biochemistry, Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1–40 Leninskie Gory, 119234, Moscow, Russia
Department of Botany, Government Girls Degree College, Zhob, Balochistan, Pakistan
Department of Agricultural Extension, Zhob, Balochistan, Pakistan
National Herbarium of Pakistan (Stewart Collection), National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad, Pakistan
lectotypification new species nrITS nrETS Semenovia taxonomy Umbelliferae Eudicots

Abstract

A new species, Semenovia zhobica, is described from Zhob and Musakhail districts of Northern Balochistan, Pakistan, based on morphological and molecular studies. The new species is an intricately branched, robust plant characterized by very long tripinnate leaves with subulate, bifid or trifid segments, umbels in long panicles, indumentum of soft white hairs to densely wooly, mericarps finely puberulous on both surfaces. A detailed morphological description, illustrations, ecology, ethnobotany, phylogenetic analyses based on sequences of nrITS/ETS and a distribution map of the new species are provided. Besides, we perform a lectotypification of the name Semenovia heracleifolia here.

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How to Cite

Khan, N., Lyskov, D., Sultan, A., Ukrainskaja, U., Samigullin, T., Khan, T., Ishaq, K. & Khan, A. (2025) Semenovia zhobica (Apiaceae), a new species from Northern Balochistan, Pakistan. Phytotaxa 695: 91–104. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.695.1.4