TY -JOUR
AU -Madhusudhan Khanal
AU -Dipankar Borah
AU -Momang Taram
AU -Niku Das
AU -Santosh Kumar Rai
AU -Sandeep Rawat
AU -Devendra Kumar
TI -A new species of <i>Didymocarpus</i> Wall. (Gesneriaceae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India
PY -2026
DA -2026-08-13
JO -Taiwania
VL -71
IS -4
SP -649
EP -654
UR -https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/2215
AB -<i>Didymocarpus nautiyalii</i> M.Khanal, D.Borah & Dev.Kumar (Gesneriaceae) is described as a new species from Shi-Yomi District, Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India. It resembles <i>D. albiflorus</i> Souvann. & Phonep. in its habit, leaves, few-flowered inflorescences and slightly pouched infundibuliform corolla with an expanded mouth, but differs in its much shorter stem, sessile to very short petioles, coriaceous lamina, 1–3-flowered cymes, smaller campanulate calyx, shorter bluish-purple corolla, and a glabrous ovary. The species is assessed as Data Deficient according to the IUCN Red List criteria.
DO -10.6165/tai.2026.71.649