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Issue: Vol. 309 No. 3: 16 June 2017
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2017-06-16
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.309.3.11
Page range: 283–287
Abstract views: 18
PDF downloaded: 1

Rohdea extrorsandra (Asparagaceae), a new species from north-eastern India

Botanical Survey of India, Eastern Regional Centre, Lower New Colony, Laitumkhrah, Shillong – 793 003, Meghalaya, India.
Botanical Survey of India, Eastern Regional Centre, Lower New Colony, Laitumkhrah, Shillong – 793 003, Meghalaya, India.
Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Science, St. Petersburg. Prof. Popov Str. 2, Russia, 197376.
Rohdea extrorsandra new species Asparagaceae India Rohdea longipedunculata Monocots

Abstract

The genus Rohdea Roth (1821: 196) belonging to the family Asparagaceae (APG 2009) comprises 14 species and is distributed in South East Asia (Tanaka 2003, Averyanov et al. 2014, Govaerts 2016). In India, the genus includes 4 species namely R. delavayi (Franchet 1896: 40) Tanaka (2003: 331), R. eucomoides (Baker 1875: 581) Tanaka (2003: 332), R. nepalensis (Rafinesque 1838: 15) Tanaka (2010: 23) and R. wattii (Clarke 1889: 78) Yamashita & Tamura (2004: 369) (Hooker 1894, Liang & Tamura 2000).