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Volume 55, December 2013

Articles

Fumariaceae in North East India: New Species and Records in Corydalis and Dactylicapnos

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v55/2013/73040

Published 2013-12-01

  • M. K. Pathak
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  • Krishna Chowlu
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  • B. Saikia
    • ,
  • M. Liden

M. K. Pathak
Botanical Survey of India, Central National Herbarium, Howrah-3

Krishna Chowlu
Center for Orchid Gene Conservation of Eastern Himalayan Region (COGCEHR), Henbung-795129, Senapati district, Manipur

B. Saikia
Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh

M. Liden
Uppsala University Botanic Gardens, Villavagen 8, 75236 Uppsala

Abstract

A synopsis for the NE Indian species of the genera Corydalis DC. and Dactylicapnos Wall. is presented. Corydalis arcuata (Arunachal Pradesh, Tibet), C. biflora (Sikkim) and C. stenophylla (Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim) are described as new species. Six species, namely Corydalis auricilla Liden, C. davidii Franch. (s.l.), C. diffusa Liden, C. inopinata Prain, C. pterygopetala Hand.-Mazz. and C. tangutica Peshkova (s.l.) are reported as new to India. Another seven species of Corydalis and five species of Dactylicapnos were either overlooked in Flora of India or became known to the Indian flora after its publication: C. cashmeriana subsp. longicalcarata (D.G. Long) Liden, C. ecristata (Prain) D.G. Long, C. jigmei C.E.C. Fisch. & Kaul, C. khasiana Liden, C. pseudojuncea Ludlow & Steam, C. rubrisepala Liden, C. uranoscopa Liden and Dactylicapnos burmanica (K.R. Stern) Liden, D. cordata Liden, D. lichiangensis (Fedde) Hand.-Mazz., D. odontocarpa Liden, and D. platycarpa Liden. Two species of Corydalis, namely, C. chaerophylla DC, and C. gouldii Liden, are reported as new to the Flora of China area (Xizang: Yadong [Tibet: Chumbi].
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