A new species of Stellaria (Caryophyllaceae) from North-East India
A new species of Stellaria (Stellaria nagae) is described. It resembles S. sikkimensis from which differs by the shape of sepal (oblong, exceeding the length of petals vs. ovate to lanceolate, equal or shorter than length of petal) , bract (linear, more than 4 mm vs. ovate-lanceolate, up to 8 mm), shape of capsule (oblong vs. ovate), seed surface architecture (tubercle spinulose vs. tubercle flat topped), and pollen morphology (visible frequency of pores 19 vs. visible frequency of pores 14). Detailed description of the new species along with original photographs and SEM images are provided.
Authors
- SINDHU ARYA (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2029-2456)
- Venugopalan Nair Saradamma Anil Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3809-2620)
- Walsan Kalarikkal Vishnu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2191-2186)
Institutions
- Government of Kerala (IN)
- Central University of Kerala (IN)
- Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Science (IN)
- PSG Institute of Advanced Studies (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Phytotaxa
- Published
- 2025-03-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.693.4.2
- Primary Topic
- Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
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