%0 Journal Article
%A Prashant Keshav Pusalkar
%T A New Species of Aralia [Araliaceae, Sect.: Pentapanax (Seem.) J. Wen] from Jammu & Kashmir, North-west Himalaya, India
%D 2009
%J Taiwania
%V 54
%N 3
%P 226-230
%U https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/917
%X A new species of Aralia (Araliaceae, Sect.: Pentapanax (Seem.) J. Wen), A. devendrae Pusalkar is described and illustrated from Jammu & Kashmir, North-west Himalaya, India. The present novelty differs from allied A. kingdon-wardii J. Wen, Lowry & Esser in herbaceous climbing habit; hollow, ribbed stem; leaflet margins serrulate, serrate to biserrate, apex acute or subacute, surfaces glabrous or with microscopic pilli on veins; inflorescence axis and pedicels moderately pilose; umbels corymbosely arranged on panicle branches; fruits with stylopodium-like crown and styles free for half the length.
%M doi:10.6165/tai.2009.54(3).226