Saturday, July 5, 2025

[Botany • 2025] Pinda mukherjeeana (Apiaceae: Umbelliferae) • A New Species from Maharashtra, India

 
Pinda mukherjeeana C.Rekha, Prasanth, Gangurde & Manudev,

in Chappan, Kanhirampadam, Gangurde et Manudev, 2025. 

Abstract
Pinda mukherjeeana C.Rekha, Prasanth, Gangurde & Manudev, a new species of Pinda is described from Pune district of Maharashtra, India. It differs from P. concanensis by the number of branches, densely hirsute stem, subulate to lanceolate involucre bracts and lanceolate or lance-ovate involucel bracteoles with broadly hyaline margins, size, shape and arrangement of marginal petals of outer flowers, and the shape of the fruits.

Keywords: Endemism, Maharashtra, new taxa, Pinda, taxonomy, Umbelliferae


Pinda mukherjeeana C.Rekha, Prasanth, Gangurde & Manudev sp. nov.


Rekha Chappan, Prasanth Malamal Kanhirampadam, Ajay Gangurde and Kambiyelummal Madhavan Manudev. 2025. Pinda mukherjeeana (Apiaceae), A New Species from Maharashtra, India. Nordic Journal of Botany. DOI: doi.org/10.1002/njb.04766 [01 July 2025]