Short Communication: Cremanthodium indica (Asteraceae, Senecioneae), a new species from the Eastern Himalaya, India
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DIPANKAR BORAH
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3016-1070
RAJEEV KUMAR SINGH
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0136-9243
LOBSANG TASHI THUNGON
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Abstract. Borah D, Singh RK, Thungon LT. 2021. Short Communication: Cremanthodium indica (Asteraceae, Senecioneae), a new species from the Eastern Himalaya, India. Biodiversitas 22: 1268-1272. Cremanthodium indica D.Borah, R.Kr. Singh & Thungon (Asteraceae, Senecioneae), a new species from Eastern Himalayan state Arunachal Pradesh, India is described and illustrated. The new species is allied to Cremanthodium nobile (Franch.) Diels ex H.Lév. in having elliptic-obovate basal leaves, solitary, nodding capitula and hemispheric involucre, but differs by densely pale yellow tomentose stem, stem leaves 5–9, 1.6–2.1 cm distant, outer phyllaries 2.3–2.8 mm wide, inner phyllaries elliptic, 3–5 mm wide, apex acute, ray lamina creamy, oblong, 2–2.3 cm long, apex truncate, distinctly 3-dentate, ray tube 1.5–2 mm long, tubular florets creamy, 8–9 mm long and pappus 6–8 mm long.
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Borah D, Gap N, Singh RK. 2020a. Pedicularis khoiyangii (Orobanchaceae), a new species from the Eastern Himalaya, India. Phytotaxa 430: 287–293.
Borah D, Singh RK, Garg A. 2020b. New records of four Pedicularis species (Orobanchaceae) for the flora of Arunachal Pradesh state, India and two new synonyms for P. pantlingii. NeBio 11: 180–186.
Borah D, Singh RK, Garg A. 2020c. Rediscovery of Pedicularis denudata (Orobanchaceae), a little known, rare herb after 135 years from India. Phytotaxa 461: 136–138.
Borah D, Singh RK, Mipun P, Narah D. 2020d. Rediscovery of Pseudobartsia glandulosa (Orobanchaceae), a little known, critically endangered herb after 179 years from India, and first report from Eastern Himalayan state Arunachal Pradesh. Phytotaxa 451: 97–102.
Borah D, Singh RK, Taram M. 2020e. Pseuderanthemum arunachalense, a new species from eastern Himalaya, India and typification of some names in Pseuderanthemum (Acanthaceae). Indian Forester 146: 660–664.
Borah D, Singh RK, Taram M, Das AP. 2020f. Boeica arunachalensis (Gesneriaceae), a new species from Indian Eastern Himalaya and typification of five names in Boeica. Indian Forester 146: 871–874.
Chen YS, Xu LS. 2016. The identity of Cremanthodium acernuum and C. smithianum (Asteraceae). Phytotaxa 278: 65–68.
Fei WQ, Zhang Y, Wang L. 2019. Cremanthodium magnificum (Asteraceae, Senecioneae), a new species from northern Myanmar. Phytotaxa 409: 12-18.
Good RD. 1929. The taxonomy and geography of the SinoHimalayan genus Cremanthodium Benth. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 48: 259–316.
Hajra PK, Rao RR, Singh DK, Uniyal BP. 1995. Flora of India, Asteraceae (Inuleae - Vernonieae), Vol. 13. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
IUCN. 2019: Guidelines for using the IUCN Red List categories and criteria, version 14. Prepared by the Standards and Petitions Committee. Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org/documents/RedListGuidelines.pdf (accessed 16 January 2021).
Karthikeyan S, Sanjappa M, Moorthy S. 2009. Flowering plants of India, dicotyledons (Acanthaceae - Avicenniaceae), Vol. 1. Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata.
Liu SW, Illarionova ID. 2011. Cremanthodium Bentham. In: Wu ZY, Raven PH (eds.). Flora of China, Vol. 20–21. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
POWO. 2021. Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Available at: http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/ (accessed 12 January 2021).
Wang L, Ren C, Yang Q. 2015. Cremanthodium wumengshanicum (Asteraceae, Senecioneae), a new species from Yunnan, China. Phytotaxa 238: 265–270.
Wang L, Ren C, Yang Q. 2016a. Cremanthodium botryocephalum and C. spathulifolium are both merged with Ligularia lagotis (Asteraceae, Senecioneae). Phytotaxa 247: 274–280.
Wang L, Ren C, Yang Q. 2016b. A new combination in Cremanthodium (Asteraceae, Senecioneae) from Sichuan, China. Phytotaxa 252: 137–142.
Wang L, Ren C, Yang Q. 2016c. Reinstatement of the Chinese species Cremanthodium gypsophilum (Asteraceae, Senecioneae). Phytotaxa 284: 131–136.
Wang L, Ren C, Yang Q. 2016d. Cremanthodium liangshanicum (Asteraceae, Senecioneae), a new species from southwestern Sichuan, China. Phytotaxa 286: 161–168.
Wang L, Ren C, Yang Q. 2016e. Cremanthodium nobile var. yanyuanense (Asteraceae, Senecioneae), a new epappose taxon from southwestern Sichuan, China. Phytotaxa 286: 198–202.
Wang L, Ren C, Yang Q. 2016f. Clarification of the confusing identity of Cremanthodium atrocapitatum (Asteraceae, Senecioneae), with a new combination and description of a new species in the genus. Phytotaxa 288: 1–18.
Wang L, Ren C, Yang Q. 2017a. The identity of Cremanthodium citriflorum (Asteraceae, Senecioneae). Phytotaxa 297: 42–52.
Wang L, Ren C, Yang Q. 2017b. Cremanthodium lingulatum (Asteraceae, Senecioneae) is merged with C. pseudo-oblongatum. Phytotaxa 311: 57–66.
Wang L, Ren C, Yang Q. 2018a. Rediscovery of Cremanthodium principis (Asteraceae, Senecioneae) in northwestern Yunnan, China. Phytotaxa 343: 277–282.
Wang L, Ren C, Yang Q. 2018b. Two new species in Cremanthodium (Asteraceae, Senecioneae) from China. Phytotaxa 360: 201–219.
Wang L, Ren C, Yang Q. 2019. Cremanthodium weixiense (Asteraceae, Senecioneae), a new species from northwestern Yunnan, China. Nordic Journal of Botany 2019: e02242 doi: 10.1111/njb.02242
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