Check List 18(2): 269-273, doi: 10.15560/18.2.269

Pedicularis gracilis var. brunoniana (Wall. ex Pennell) T. Husain & Arti Garg: first report from Ladakh, Trans-Himalaya, India

Sakina Banoo^‡, Aijaz H. Ganie^‡, Anzar Ahmad Khuroo^‡

‡ University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India

Corresponding author: Sakina Banoo ( sakinabanoo1990@gmail.com )

Academic editor: Amit Kumar

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Citation: Banoo S, Ganie AH, Khuroo AA (2022) Pedicularis gracilis var. brunoniana (Wall. ex Pennell) T. Husain & Arti Garg: first report from Ladakh, Trans-Himalaya, India. Check List 18(2): 269-273. https://doi.org/10.15560/18.2.269

Abstract

We report Pedicularis gracilis var. brunoniana (Wall. ex Pennell) T. Husain & Arti Garg (Orobanchaceae) for the first time from Ladakh, a region of Trans-Himalaya in India. This variety is most similar to P. gracilis var. macrocarpa but differs in having out-curved galea, long calyx lobes with hairy margin. Detailed morphological notes along with photographs are provided to validate this report and facilitate the field identification of this taxon. As we observed only small populations of this variety, strategies are likely required for its conservation in this Himalayan region.

Keywords

Biodiversity, biogeography, floristic diversity, Himalaya, taxonomy