Taxonomic position ofCentella asiatica (L.) Urban

Psammogeton rani-magotrae sp. nov. (Apiaceae) a new species from Jammu and Kashmir, India

“…Our population of new species is clearly different from the other known species of Psammogeton , which confirms that this region is remarkably crucial for diversity and evolutionary tendencies. A few species of this genus have already been described from this region of north-west India including (Hamal and Koul 1989), (Ahmed and Koul 1980) from Jammu and Kashmir (Babu 1977) from Dehra Dun of Uttarakhand State, (Sharma and Kachroo 1981) from Jammu and (Bhellum and Magotra 2023a,b) from both Samba and Jammu districts of Jammu and Kashmir. Majority of the species in this genus are distinguished by their white tinged purple or pink blooms.…”

Psammogeton hirsutus (Apiaceae; Pimpinelleae), a new species from India

“…Despite expressing general uniformity in a variety of vegetative and floral features, Psammogeton still exhibits a substantial degree of variation in fruit morphology, which explains the significance that fruit has in the opinion of umbellifer taxonomists (Hamal and Koul 1989, Mukherjee and Constance 1993, Pimenov and Leonov 2004, Pimenov et al 2019. Although the fruit type across all umbellifers is the same, there are differences in the mericarp, fruit surface texture, and fruit appendages.…”

“…The identity of the species and description was verified by consulting floristic literature (Nasir 1972, Mukherjee 1983, Hedge et al 1987, Rechinger 1987, Hamal and Koul 1989, Mukherjee and Constance 1993, Khatoon and Ali 1993, Pimenov and Leonov 1993, Downie et al 2000, Assadi et al 2008, Pimenov et al 2019, Kljuykov et al 2019, Gosavi et al 2020. Additional corroboration was obtained from herbarium specimens kept in several Indian and international herbaria.…”

“…Perusal of floristic literature Boissier (1872), Clarke (1879), Hiroe and Constance (1958), Kitamura (1960), Nasir (1972), Babu (1977), Ahmed and Koul (1980), Sharma and Kachroo (1981, 1983), Mukherjee (1983), Mukherjee and Constance (1986), Hedge et al (1987), Rechinger (1987), Mohanan and Pimenov 2007, Ghazanfar and Edonson (2014), Pimenov (2017), Ajani and Mozaffarian (2019), Kljuykov et al (2019) and Pimenov et al (2019), indicated that the species had not yet been named. The identity of the species and description was verified by consulting floristic literature (Nasir 1972, Mukherjee 1983, Hedge et al 1987, Rechinger 1987, Hamal and Koul 1989, Mukherjee and Constance 1993, Khatoon and Ali 1993, Pimenov and Leonov 1993, Downie et al 2000, Assadi et al 2008, Pimenov et al 2019, Kljuykov et al 2019, Gosavi et al 2020, 2022). Additional corroboration was obtained from herbarium specimens kept in several Indian and international herbaria.…”

Psammogeton suchaniense sp. nov. (Apiaceae; Pimpinelleae) from India

“…However, the most recent classification Downie et al (2000, 2010) attributed the genus to the Pimpinelleae Clade. Other significant works relevant for this genus include Boissier (1872), Kitamura (1960), Ahmed and Koul (1980), Hamal and Koul (1989), Pimenov and Leonov (1993, 2004), Downie et al (2000, 2000), Mozaffarian (2003), Ghazanfar and Edmond (2013, 2014), Pimenov (2017), Ajani and Ghazanfar (2019), Kljuykov (2019) and Pimenov et al (2019). The Asian Umbelliferae Biodiversity database (ASIUM) includes the accepted names, their synonymy and general distribution of all species of Asian Umbelliferae at regional level (Hiroe and Constance 1958, Nasir 1972, Hedge et al 1987, Mukherjee and Constance 1993, Ohba 1999, Pimenov and Leonov 2004).…”