Prashant K. Pusalkar

The Corydalis nana complex (Fumariaceae sect. Latiflorae) in Western Himalaya

SummaryCorydalis nana Royle in the western Himalaya is found to be a complex of three species, including two hitherto undescribed. The true C. nana is a yellow-flowered species. The most common, greyish-blue or white-flowered species in the Sino-Indo-Nepal Himalaya, hitherto mistaken as C. nana, is a new species described here as Corydalis magni. An additional related species, Corydalis devendrae, characterised by tuberous roots and dorsally wingless/non crestate upper and lower petals is also described and illustrated from Uttarakhand state, India. A table comparing diagnostic characters, along with keys to taxa of the complex and a distribution map, are also included.

Elymus gangotrianus (Poaceae: Pooideae: Triticeae), a new species from the western Himalaya, India

SummaryA new species of Elymus L., E. gangotrianus Pusalkar, D. K. Singh & S. K. Srivast., is described from Gangotri National Park, Uttaranchal, India. The species differs from the closely allied E. microlepis (Melderis) Melderis in having longer spikelets, green or creamy-yellow lemma, with scabrid outer surface; palea

The genus Schizotechium (Caryophyllaceae) resurrected

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Stellaria devendrae sp. nov. (Caryophyllaceae) from western Himalaya, India

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Picrorhiza tungnathii sp. nov. from western Himalaya, India

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Nomenclature note on Arenaria depauperata (Caryophyllaceae)

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Re-collection of the Black Catchfly Silene nigrescens (Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae) after 130 years from Indian western Himalaya

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Lectotypification and New Locality Report for Monotypic and Critically Endangered GENUS Catamixis (Asteraceae: Pertyoideae: Pertyeae)

the length of lemma; palea keels glabrous below, scabrous above and yellow or creamy anthers.