Lepidagathis mahakassapae sp. nov. (Acanthaceae: Barlerieae) from the high elevated Lateritic Plateau of northern Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India

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Description

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.

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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

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Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen

Contacts

Sushant More
  • Originator
Parle Tilak Vidyalaya Association’s Sathaye College, Vile Parle, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Sharad Kambale
  • Originator
Maratha Vidya Prasarak Samaj’s Arts, Commerce & Science College, Tryambakeshwar, Maharashtra, India.
Mandar Sawant
  • Originator
Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Rohit Mane
  • Originator
Dept of Botany, Shivaji Univ., Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India.
Harshal Bhosale
  • Originator
Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Vijay Barve
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  • Point Of Contact
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Nature Mates-Nature Club
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West Bengal
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Geographic Coverage

Satara District, of Maharashtra State of India

Bounding Coordinates South West [17.453, 73.814], North East [17.586, 73.855]

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Tracheophyta
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Lamiales
Family Acanthaceae

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 2019-12-24 / 2021-03-12

Bibliographic Citations

  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. https://doi.org/10.1111/njb.03345

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 373af13b-8149-4c45-8325-d55bcddcebbd
https://ipt.gbif.org/resource?r=lep_mah