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A new species of Tricholepis (Asteraceae: Cardueae) from India

Lal Babu CHAUDHARY & Arvind SAKLANI

en Adansonia 25 (2) - Pages 233-237

Published on 26 December 2003

A new species, Tricholepis raghavendrae Saklani & Chaudhary (Asteraceae), is described and illustrated from Himachal Pradesh, India. It differs from other species in the genus in having petioled lower leaves and pinnatifid upper leaves, ciliate outer phyllaries, puberulous inner phyllaries, purple florets and free and scabrid pappus bristles.

Keywords:
Tricholepis, Asteraceae: Cardueae, India
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