Echinops sahyadricus sp. nov. (Asteraceae: Cardueae), from the northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India

Occurrence Specimen
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Description

The new species Echinops sahyadricus is discovered and described from northern Western Ghats, India. It is endemic to the Maharashtra state and probably restricted to few high mountain peaks in Western Maharashtra. The new species is distinguished from the related E. echinatus by adaxially glabrous to sparsely elgandular hairy leaf surfaces, larger non-cornigerous synflorescences up to 9 cm in diameter and numerous (19–24) glabrous phyllaries up to 27 mm long. An identification key to all Indian taxa of Echinops, illustration and colour plates are provided.

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More S, Conti F, Bhosale H, Barve V (2025). Echinops sahyadricus sp. nov. (Asteraceae: Cardueae), from the northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India. Version 1.3. Training Organization. Occurrence dataset. https://ipt.gbif.org/resource?r=echinops_sahyadricus&v=1.3

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Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen

Contacts

Sushant More
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact
Parle Tilak Vidyalaya Association’s Sathaye College, Vile Parle, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Fabio Conti
  • Originator
Centro Ricerche Floristiche dell’Appennino, Univ. di Camerino, S. Colombo, Barisciano (L’Aquila), Italy
Harshal Bhosale
  • Originator
Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Vijay Barve
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Originator
  • Research Advisor
Nature Mates-Nature Club
  • 6/7 Bijoygarh
700032 Kolkata
West Bengal
IN

Geographic Coverage

Western Ghats, India

Bounding Coordinates South West [17.611, 73.623], North East [20.705, 74.064]

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Tracheophyta
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Asterales
Family Asteraceae

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 2019-10-05 / 2019-12-24

Bibliographic Citations

  1. More, S., Conti, F., & Bhosale, H. S. (2020). Echinops sahyadricus sp. nov. (Asteraceae: Cardueae), from the northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India. Nordic Journal of Botany, 38(10), njb.02860. https://doi.org/10.1111/njb.02860

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 124f99e5-6b64-42c3-b576-e47e4bd6bc2a
https://ipt.gbif.org/resource?r=echinops_sahyadricus