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A NEW SPECIES OF GENTIANA (GENTIANACEAE) FROM THE SIKKIM HIMALAYA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2014

D. Maity
D. Maity*
Affiliation:
Taxonomy and Biosystematics Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700 019, W.B., India. E-mail: debmaity@yahoo.com
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Abstract

Gentiana springateana D.Maity sp. nov. (Gentianaceae) is described from the Sikkim Himalaya and placed in G. section Phyllocalyx (Kusn.) T.N.Ho. This new taxon is described and illustrated, and compared morphologically with two related taxa, Gentiana phyllocalyx C.B.Clarke and G. urnula Harry Sm.

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Gentiana springateana D.Maity sp. nov.GentianaceaeSikkim Himalaya
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany , Volume 71 , Issue 3 , November 2014 , pp. 289 - 296
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Copyright © Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 2014 

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