Shrirangia: a new genus of Apiaceae from lateritic plateaus of Konkan region of Maharashtra, India

Abstract

Shrirangia, a new monotypic genus of the family Apiaceae from low elevated lateritic plateaus of south Konkan region of Maharashtra, India is described and illustrated with a new species, Shrirangia concanensis. The new genus is related to Himalayan genus Chamaesium H.Wolff by the characters of: many (ca 10) ribbed fruit, primary and secondary types of ribs present but very distinct from it by having tuberous habit, ternate to bi‐ternate leaves, commissure plain undulate with 6–7 secondary ribs and vallecular and second types of vittae at dorsal face.

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

“…Two genera of the family were reported from India while revising the Apiaceae of India (Mukherjee and Constance 1986), and a new genus of this family was described from Peninsular India by Mohanan and Pimenov (2007). Similar investigations of the occurrence of new genera and species have been reported from India (Gosavi et al 2020, 2022).…”

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

“…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.…”

Koulium Genus nov. and Koulium psammogetifolium Sp. nov. (Apiaceae; Pimpinelleae) from Jammu, India

“…Perusal of floristic literature Boissier (1872), Drude (1898), Clarke (1879), Kitamura (1960), Heywood and Dakshini (1971), Babu (1977), Sharma and Kachroo (1981), Mukherjee and Constance (1983, 1986, Rechinger (1987), Leonov (1993, 2004), Katz-Downie et al (1999), Ohba (1999), Downie et al (2000Downie et al ( , 2010, Zakharova et al (2012), Yesil et al (2018), Pimenov et al (2019, Mousavi et al (2022), Gosavi et al (2020Gosavi et al ( , 2022 reveal each made finding regarding the genera and species of this family that differed from what was previously known.…”