Bonnaya gracilis a novel find for the flora of Uttarakhand, India

Authors

  • Monal R. Jadhav Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248002, India. https://orcid.org/0009-0004-0636-1007
  • Revan Y. Chaudhari Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248002, India.
  • Tanveer A. Khan Department of Botany, H.J. Thim College of Arts and Science, Mehrun, Jalgaon, Maharashtra 425003, India.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.9884.17.11.27997-28000

Keywords:

Doon valley, forest ecosystems, Linderniaceae, new record, semi-aquatic, shallow water, staminodes, swamps, torenia

Abstract

Bonnaya gracilis was transferred from the genus Torenia to the genus Bonnaya in 2021. The species resembles B. antipoda but can be distinguished by the presence of dense yellow hairy staminodes and long vertical fruiting pedicels. This species only occurs in Nepal, Myanmar, Bangladesh, and India. In India distribution of this species is not very clear hence this paper reports Bonnaya gracilis from Uttarakhand along with their description, images and location map.

Author Biographies

Monal R. Jadhav, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248002, India.

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Revan Y. Chaudhari, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248002, India.

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Tanveer A. Khan, Department of Botany, H.J. Thim College of Arts and Science, Mehrun, Jalgaon, Maharashtra 425003, India.

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