Kuepferia kanchii sp. nov. (Gentianaceae) from Sikkim Himalaya |
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| Authors: | D Maity S K Dey A Favre |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Dept of Botany, Taxonomy and Biosystematics Laboratory, Univ. of Calcutta, West Bengal, India;2. Dept of Molecular Evolution and Plant Systematics and Herbarium Lipsiensis (LZ), Inst. of Biology, Univ. of Leipzig, DE‐4103 Leipzig, Germany |
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| Abstract: | Kuepferia kanchii D. Maity, Sentu K. Dey & Adr. Favre, a new species from Sikkim Himalaya, is described and illustrated. It differs from its close relative K. infelix (C. B. Clarke) Adr. Favre ( = Gentiana infelix C. B. Clarke) by having sessile and smaller flowers, and smaller floral parts. Kuepferia kanchii is further characterized by a white corolla with bluish green patches on the outside at the base of each corolla lobe, and a corolla tube flushed with light green inside towards the base, blue filaments, sessile stigma, smaller capsule, and trigonous–elongated, ca 0.8 mm long and curved seeds. |
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