373af13b-8149-4c45-8325-d55bcddcebbd
https://ipt.gbif.org/resource?r=lep_mah
Lepidagathis mahakassapae sp. nov. (Acanthaceae: Barlerieae) from the high elevated Lateritic Plateau of northern Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India
Sushant
More
Parle Tilak Vidyalaya Association’s Sathaye College, Vile Parle, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
sushantmore94@gmail.com
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7712-7785
Sharad
Kambale
Maratha Vidya Prasarak Samaj’s Arts, Commerce & Science College, Tryambakeshwar, Maharashtra, India.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8230-7959
Mandar
Sawant
Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Rohit
Mane
Dept of Botany, Shivaji Univ., Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3198-6816
Harshal
Bhosale
Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6964-8436
Vijay
Barve
Nature Mates-Nature Club
Research Advisor
6/7 Bijoygarh
Kolkata
West Bengal
700032
IN
vijay.barve@gmail.com
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4852-2567
2025-08-20
eng
Lepidagathis mahakassapae sp. nov., a monocarpic and endemic species of Acanthaceae, is described from Western Maharashtra, India. The new species is allied to L. sabui from Konkan, Maharashtra, but differs by having oblanceolate acuminate leaves, pubescent terminal elongated spikes, large floral but small sterile bracts and lanceolate broader segment of the bracteole. The stems of L. mahakassapae grows up to 250 cm in length while a few other prostrate species grows up to this length.
Occurrence
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Specimen
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Satara District, of Maharashtra State of India
73.81425
73.854944
17.585611
17.452833
2019-12-24
2021-03-12
class
Magnoliopsida
family
Acanthaceae
order
Lamiales
kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
asNeeded
Vijay
Barve
Nature Mates-Nature Club
Research Advisor
6/7 Bijoygarh
Kolkata
West Bengal
700032
IN
vijay.barve@gmail.com
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4852-2567
2025-08-19T05:33:25.829+00:00
dataset
More S, Kambale S, Sawant M, Mane R, Bhosale H, Barve V (2025). Lepidagathis mahakassapae sp. nov. (Acanthaceae: Barlerieae) from the high elevated Lateritic Plateau of northern Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India. Version 1.1. Training Organization. Occurrence dataset. https://ipt.gbif.org/resource?r=lep_mah&v=1.1
More, S., Kambale, S., Sawant, M., Mane, R., & Bhosale, H. (2022). Lepidagathis mahakassapae sp. nov. (Acanthaceae: Barlerieae) from the high elevated Lateritic Plateau of northern Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India. Nordic Journal of Botany, 2022(7), e03345.
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