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Issue: Vol. 405 No. 5: 11 June 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-06-11
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.405.5.6
Page range: 269–275
Abstract views: 29
PDF downloaded: 1

Rheum moorcroftianum (Polygonaceae) in Kashmir Himalaya

Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, 190006, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, 190006, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, 190006, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, 190006, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, 190006, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, 190006, Jammu and Kashmir, India
DNA-barcoding endemic IUCN morphology Rheum Eudicots

Abstract

Rheum moorcroftianum (Polygonaceae) was recorded for the first time in Kashmir Himalayas region. The species was identified using morphological and molecular (DNA-barcode) data. R. moorcroftianum can be distinguished from the other Rheum species on the basis of absence of stem, 3‒7 or more basal leaves, inflorescence in branched panicle, rachis papilliferous, perianth yellow-white, anthers pinkish-red, and seeds red, 3-winged.