taxonID	type	description	language	source
F73008B1E9C2526E849D0F353B2087B3.taxon	description	Fig. 4	en	Yadav, Ritu, Gowda, Vinita (2024): Six new species of Globba L. (Zingiberales, Zingiberaceae) from the Eastern Himalayas and Northeast India. PhytoKeys 246: 197-228, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.246.118751
F73008B1E9C2526E849D0F353B2087B3.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Globba corniculata is morphologically similar to G. ruiliensis and G. multiflora but differs in having sessile, oblong-narrowly ovate leaves, absence of inflorescence bracts and bracteoles, orange flower, cuneate labellum with cornicula (Fig. 4 F), long pedicel, the presence of bulbils throughout the inflorescence vs. petiolate, ovate to narrowly ovate leaves, presence of inflorescence bracts and bracteole, yellow to orange flowers, and obcuneate labellum with cornicula.	en	Yadav, Ritu, Gowda, Vinita (2024): Six new species of Globba L. (Zingiberales, Zingiberaceae) from the Eastern Himalayas and Northeast India. PhytoKeys 246: 197-228, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.246.118751
F73008B1E9C2526E849D0F353B2087B3.taxon	description	Description. Terrestrial herbs, 100 – 160 cm tall including inflorescence height, pseudostem swollen at the base. Rhizomes compact, non tuberulous, creamish white. Leafy shoot with 9 – 12 leaves; sheath ligulate, ligule 3 mm long, bilobed, margin densely pubescent; lamina 25 – 32 × 6 – 10 cm, sessile, oblong – narrowly ovate, base rounded, apex caudate, margin entire, adaxially pubescent along veins and margins, abaxially densely pubescent. Inflorescence terminal to the leafy shoot, 25 – 53 cm long, erect; peduncle 18 – 23 mm long, light green, glabrous; rachis, dark green, glabrous, with white dots, bracts and bracteole absent. Ebracteate cincinni 25 – 51, flowers maturing from base to apex of inflorescence, each cincinni with 2 – 3 flowers. Floral pedicel for basal flowers 2.2 – 2.7 cm long, for terminal flowers 0.4 – 0.6 cm long, dark green, white dotted, glabrous. Flowers 4.2 – 4.9 cm long, orange, recurved; calyx 9 – 10 mm long, pale yellow with maroon patches; floral tube 1.5 – 1.8 cm long, dark orangish red, densely pubescent, curved upwards holding the flower upright; dorsal corolla lobe 8 – 9 × 3 – 4 mm, ovate, apex cucullate, dark maroon with orange tip, densely pubescent; lateral corolla lobes 7 – 8 × 5 – 5.5 mm, ovate, apex acute, dark maroon with orange apex, glabrous; labellum 1.3 × 0.6 – 0.8 cm, cordate, corniculate, orange, linear structures scattered on ventral surface; lateral staminodes 9 – 10 × 3 – 4 mm, narrowly ovate, apex attenuate, orange, glabrous. Stamen 2.1 – 2.4 cm long, filament 1.5 – 1.8 cm long, orange tinged red, glabrous, fulvous with red dots, arching; anther 5 – 6 mm long, ovate, apex acute, orange tinged red, crest 0.8 – 0.9 mm long, non-appendaged; style 4.3 – 4.8 cm, filiform, apex broader than base, stigma 4 – 5 mm long, cylindrical, apex ciliate. Ovary 0.4 – 0.5 × 0.3 cm, obovate, pale green, verrucose; epigynous glands 2, 0.4 – 0.5 cm long, linear, cream. Fruit 1.5 cm in diameter, globose, green, verrucose, calyx persistent. Bulbils 1.2 – 2 × 0.5 – 0.8 cm, narrowly ovoid, yellowish green with dark maroon lines, pubescent, bulbils often at the base within a cincinni, but present throughout the inflorescence.	en	Yadav, Ritu, Gowda, Vinita (2024): Six new species of Globba L. (Zingiberales, Zingiberaceae) from the Eastern Himalayas and Northeast India. PhytoKeys 246: 197-228, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.246.118751
F73008B1E9C2526E849D0F353B2087B3.taxon	distribution	Distribution and ecology. At present, G. corniculata is known only from the Takdah Forest in West Bengal, which is a tropical evergreen, lower montane forest at an elevation of ca. 1220 m. It is terrestrial, mostly growing in open habitats along the edge of roads. The current location has ca. 70 individuals within an area of ca. 400 m 2. Other sympatric ginger species were G. racemosa and Hedychium spicatum Sm. We have observed several species of bees and butterflies visiting the flowers of this species.	en	Yadav, Ritu, Gowda, Vinita (2024): Six new species of Globba L. (Zingiberales, Zingiberaceae) from the Eastern Himalayas and Northeast India. PhytoKeys 246: 197-228, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.246.118751
F73008B1E9C2526E849D0F353B2087B3.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species epithet ‘ corniculata ’ refers to the presence of horn-shaped structure at the base of labellum.	en	Yadav, Ritu, Gowda, Vinita (2024): Six new species of Globba L. (Zingiberales, Zingiberaceae) from the Eastern Himalayas and Northeast India. PhytoKeys 246: 197-228, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.246.118751
A4562D4786B955369DB942A487798948.taxon	description	Fig. 10	en	Yadav, Ritu, Gowda, Vinita (2024): Six new species of Globba L. (Zingiberales, Zingiberaceae) from the Eastern Himalayas and Northeast India. PhytoKeys 246: 197-228, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.246.118751
A4562D4786B955369DB942A487798948.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. G. janakiae is morphologically similar to G. orixensis and G. macroclada but different in having short inflorescence, absence of inflorescence bracts, petiolate lamina, short filament, large anther, heart-shaped labellum with cornicula (Fig. 10 F) vs. large inflorescence, presence of inflorescence bracts, sessile lamina, large filament, small anther, and labellum without cornicula.	en	Yadav, Ritu, Gowda, Vinita (2024): Six new species of Globba L. (Zingiberales, Zingiberaceae) from the Eastern Himalayas and Northeast India. PhytoKeys 246: 197-228, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.246.118751
A4562D4786B955369DB942A487798948.taxon	description	Description. Terrestrial herbs, 40 – 46 cm tall including inflorescence height, pseudostem swollen at the base. Rhizomes compact, non-tuberulous, creamish-white. Leafy shoot with 8 – 10; sheath ligulate, ligule 1 mm long, bilobed, margin translucent and green in the center, pubescent; lamina 13 × 2.8 cm, subsessile, petiole 0.3 cm, green, glabrous, narrowly ovate, base obtuse, apex caudate, margin entire, glabrous. Inflorescence terminal to the leafy shoot, 4 – 6 cm long, erect; peduncle 12 mm long, green, glabrous; rachis, green, glabrous, bracts and bracteole absent. Ebracteate cincinni 6 – 8, glabrous, each cincinni with 1 – 2 flowers. Floral pedicel 0.1 – 0.5 cm long, light green, glabrous. Flowers 3 – 3.9 cm long, orange, recurved; calyx 8 – 9 mm long, yellowish orange; floral tube 0.5 – 0.6 cm long, dull orangish red, densely pubescent, curved upwards holding the flower upright; dorsal corolla lobe 6.6 – 7 × 2.5 – 3 mm, ovate, orange, densely pubescent; lateral corolla lobes 5.4 × 3 mm, ovate, apex acute, dark maroon with orange apex, glabrous; labellum 8.6 × 3 mm, cordate, corniculate, orange in center with light orange margins, labellum notch texture echinate, cornicula 0.3 mm in length, glabrous lateral staminodes 3.2 × 2.5 mm, ovate, orange, glabrous. Stamen 2.3 cm long, filament 2 cm long, orange, glabrous, arching; anther 3.8 mm long, ovate, apex truncate orange, crest 0.2 – 0.3 mm long, non-appendaged; style, filiform; stigma 4 – 5 mm, cylindrical, apex ciliate. Ovary 3.4 × 2.4 mm, obovate, pale green, verrucose; epigynous glands 2, 0.4 cm long, linear, cream. Fruits - not observed. Bulbils 1.2 – 2 × 0.5 – 0.8 cm, narrowly ovate, light green to light yellow, pubescent, bulbils present in inflorescence and axil of leaves.	en	Yadav, Ritu, Gowda, Vinita (2024): Six new species of Globba L. (Zingiberales, Zingiberaceae) from the Eastern Himalayas and Northeast India. PhytoKeys 246: 197-228, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.246.118751
A4562D4786B955369DB942A487798948.taxon	distribution	Distribution and ecology. At present, we have seen this species only in the Double decker bridge, Tyrna village, Cherrapunji, Meghalaya. We have observed 5 – 6 individuals in an overall area of ca. 400 m 2. This species is terrestrial, mostly growing in understory habitats inside forests with an elevation of ca. 731 m. We have observed different species of bees visiting the flowers of this species.	en	Yadav, Ritu, Gowda, Vinita (2024): Six new species of Globba L. (Zingiberales, Zingiberaceae) from the Eastern Himalayas and Northeast India. PhytoKeys 246: 197-228, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.246.118751
A4562D4786B955369DB942A487798948.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species is named in honor of Dr. E. K. Janaki Ammal. She was a pioneering Indian woman botanist who challenged the norms of caste, gender and race. She was critical about deforestation carried out to make way for development projects and advocated preservation of native plants.	en	Yadav, Ritu, Gowda, Vinita (2024): Six new species of Globba L. (Zingiberales, Zingiberaceae) from the Eastern Himalayas and Northeast India. PhytoKeys 246: 197-228, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.246.118751
D54DC9F62D0A5894B3AE8A199C2291B4.taxon	description	Fig. 6	en	Yadav, Ritu, Gowda, Vinita (2024): Six new species of Globba L. (Zingiberales, Zingiberaceae) from the Eastern Himalayas and Northeast India. PhytoKeys 246: 197-228, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.246.118751
D54DC9F62D0A5894B3AE8A199C2291B4.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. G. paschimbengalensis is morphologically similar to G. andersonii but differs in having off-white flowers with a faint tinge of yellow, deeply notched ligule with unequal lobes (Fig. 6 C) reduced or no peduncle vs. white flowers, ligule with equal lobes and with peduncle.	en	Yadav, Ritu, Gowda, Vinita (2024): Six new species of Globba L. (Zingiberales, Zingiberaceae) from the Eastern Himalayas and Northeast India. PhytoKeys 246: 197-228, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.246.118751
D54DC9F62D0A5894B3AE8A199C2291B4.taxon	description	Description. Lithophyte herbs, 50 – 70 cm tall including inflorescence height, pseudostem swollen at the base. Rhizomes compact, non-tuberulous, creamish-white. Leafy shoot with 10 – 12 leaves; sheath ligulate, ligule 0.9 – 1.1 cm long, bilobed, lobes unequal, margin minutely pubescent; lamina 24 – 30 × 4 – 8 cm, sessile, narrowly ovate, base obtuse, apex caudate, margin entire, adaxially pubescent along veins and margins, abaxially glabrous, veins prominent. Inflorescence terminal to the leafy shoot, 8 – 12 cm long, erect; peduncle absent or reduced; rachis, dark maroon at the base and terminally light green, densely pubescent; bracts 1.6 – 1.7 × 1.4 – 1.5 mm, obovoid, pale yellow, pubescent adaxially, glabrous abaxially, persistent; bracteole 5.5 – 8.3 × 1.9 – 7.3 mm, ovoid, pale yellow, glabrous. Cincinni 7 – 10 per inflorescence, each cincinni with 2 – 5 flowers. Floral pedicel for basal flowers 2 – 2.5 cm long, for terminal flowers 0.2 – 0.4 cm, dark maroon, densely pubescent. Flowers 4.2 – 4.5 cm long, pale dull yellow, recurved; calyx 5 – 6 mm long, gray-green; floral tube 8.3 – 10 mm long, off-white tinged yellow, densely pubescent, curved upwards holding the flower upright; dorsal corolla lobe 5 – 6 × 2.4 – 2.5 mm, ovate, apex cucullate, off-white tinged green, sparsely pubescent; lateral corolla lobes 4.5 – 5 × 3 – 4 mm, ovate, apex acute, off-white tinged green, glabrous; labellum 9 – 10 × 2.4 – 2.5 mm, decurrent, sagittate, off-white with orange spot in center, glabrous, labellum notch with echinate structures; lateral staminodes 7.8 – 8.8 × 2.6 – 3.2 mm, narrowly ovate, apex acute, off-white tinged faintly yellow, glabrous. Stamen 2.4 – 2.5 cm long, filament 1.9 – 2 cm long, off-white tinged yellow, glabrous, arching; anther 4 – 5 mm long, largely ovate, off-white, crest 0.4 mm long, obtuse, non-appendaged; style filiform, apex broader than base, stigma 3 – 4 mm long, cylindrical, apex ciliate. Ovary 1.7 × 1.3 mm, ovoid, cream; epigynous glands 2, 1.2 – 1.2 mm, linear, cream. Fruit 1.5 cm in diameter, globose, greenish yellow, verrucose, calyx persistent. Bulbils absent.	en	Yadav, Ritu, Gowda, Vinita (2024): Six new species of Globba L. (Zingiberales, Zingiberaceae) from the Eastern Himalayas and Northeast India. PhytoKeys 246: 197-228, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.246.118751
D54DC9F62D0A5894B3AE8A199C2291B4.taxon	distribution	Distribution and ecology. G. paschimbengalensis is recorded only from Latpuncher, Darjeeling district, West Bengal, where we observed ca. 30 individuals in an area of an estimated 400 m 2. G. paschimbengalensis is lithophytic, mostly growing along the edge of roads at an elevation of ca. 1200 m. We have observed bumblebees visiting the flowers of this species.	en	Yadav, Ritu, Gowda, Vinita (2024): Six new species of Globba L. (Zingiberales, Zingiberaceae) from the Eastern Himalayas and Northeast India. PhytoKeys 246: 197-228, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.246.118751
D54DC9F62D0A5894B3AE8A199C2291B4.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species epithet refers to the Indian state of West Bengal, where this species was found.	en	Yadav, Ritu, Gowda, Vinita (2024): Six new species of Globba L. (Zingiberales, Zingiberaceae) from the Eastern Himalayas and Northeast India. PhytoKeys 246: 197-228, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.246.118751
7147D5BF591B5E828378213C2788C49F.taxon	description	Fig. 7	en	Yadav, Ritu, Gowda, Vinita (2024): Six new species of Globba L. (Zingiberales, Zingiberaceae) from the Eastern Himalayas and Northeast India. PhytoKeys 246: 197-228, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.246.118751
7147D5BF591B5E828378213C2788C49F.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. G. polymorpha is morphologically similar to G. andersonii but differs in having pale yellow flower, densely pubescent ligule with long white hairs (Fig. 7 C), red or green-colored bracteole, large anther (4 – 5 mm) vs. white flowers, ligule pubescent externally, white color bracteole and small anther (1.5 mm).	en	Yadav, Ritu, Gowda, Vinita (2024): Six new species of Globba L. (Zingiberales, Zingiberaceae) from the Eastern Himalayas and Northeast India. PhytoKeys 246: 197-228, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.246.118751
7147D5BF591B5E828378213C2788C49F.taxon	description	Description. Lithophytic herbs, 42 – 68 cm tall including inflorescence height, pseudostem swollen at the base. Rhizomes compact, non-tuberulous, creamish white. Leafy shoot with 6 – 12 leaves; sheath ligulate, ligule 1.5 – 1.8 cm long, bilobed, densely pubescent; lamina 22 – 28 × 5 – 9 cm, sessile, narrowly ovate, base attenuate, apex caudate, margin entire, adaxially pubescent along veins and margins, abaxially pubescent. Inflorescence terminal to the leafy shoot, 7.5 – 16 cm long, erect; peduncle 1.5 cm long, green with red dots to dark maroon, densely pubescent; rachis, green with red to dark maroon spots, densely pubescent; bracts 4.7 – 9.2 × 2.2 – 3.4 mm, elliptic, olive green with brown tinge, glabrous; bracteole 6.4 – 8.7 × 2.9 – 4.7 mm, obovoid to ovoid, brown with purple tinge, glabrous. Cincinni 7 – 17, each cincinni with 4 – 6 flowers. Floral pedicel for basal flowers 1.2 – 1.4 cm long, for terminal flowers 0.6 – 0.8 cm long, dark maroon, sparsely pubescent. Flowers 4 – 4.5 cm long, pale dull yellow, recurved; calyx 4 – 5 mm long, maroon; floral tube 8 – 9.3 mm long, pale yellow tinged pink, densely pubescent, curved upwards holding the flower upright; dorsal corolla lobe 5 – 6 × 2.5 mm, ovate, apex cucullate, light maroon, pubescent; lateral corolla lobes 3 – 3.5 mm × 2.2 mm, ovate, apex acute, yellow tinged maroon, pubescent; labellum 7 – 8 × 1.5 – 1.8 mm, decurrent, linear, pale dull yellow, glabrous, labellum notch with echinate structures; lateral staminodes 6 – 6.5 × 2 – 2.5 mm, narrowly ovate, apex acute, pale dull yellow, glabrous. Stamen 1.9 – 2.1 cm long, filament 1.6 – 1.8 cm long, off-white tinged yellow, glabrous, arching; anther 2.5 – 3 mm long, largely ovate, apex attenuate, pale yellow, crest 0.3 mm long, non-appendaged; style, filiform, stigma 4 – 5 mm wide, funnel-shaped, apex ciliate. Ovary 2.9 × 1.7 mm, ovoid, maroon, verrucose; epigynous glands 2, 1.2 – 1.3 mm, linear, cream. Fruit 1.5 cm in diameter, globose, greenish yellow, verrucose, calyx persistent. Bulbils absent.	en	Yadav, Ritu, Gowda, Vinita (2024): Six new species of Globba L. (Zingiberales, Zingiberaceae) from the Eastern Himalayas and Northeast India. PhytoKeys 246: 197-228, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.246.118751
7147D5BF591B5E828378213C2788C49F.taxon	distribution	Distribution and ecology. G. polymorpha is recorded only from Pankhabari, Darjeeling district, West Bengal. At Pankhabari, we have observed ca. 21 individuals in a ca. 400 m 2 area. G. polymorpha is lithophytic, mostly growing along the edge of roads at an elevation of ca. 600 m. We observed floral color polymorphism in this species, with red bracteole and yellow bracteole individuals growing within the same population. We have observed different species of bees and butterflies visiting the flowers of this species.	en	Yadav, Ritu, Gowda, Vinita (2024): Six new species of Globba L. (Zingiberales, Zingiberaceae) from the Eastern Himalayas and Northeast India. PhytoKeys 246: 197-228, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.246.118751
7147D5BF591B5E828378213C2788C49F.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species epithet refers to the floral color variation due to bracteole color variations among individuals within the same population, which can be seen in Fig. 7 A (top left and bottom left).	en	Yadav, Ritu, Gowda, Vinita (2024): Six new species of Globba L. (Zingiberales, Zingiberaceae) from the Eastern Himalayas and Northeast India. PhytoKeys 246: 197-228, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.246.118751
4D48A86115B4521F96404FEB59B7D46B.taxon	description	Fig. 9	en	Yadav, Ritu, Gowda, Vinita (2024): Six new species of Globba L. (Zingiberales, Zingiberaceae) from the Eastern Himalayas and Northeast India. PhytoKeys 246: 197-228, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.246.118751
4D48A86115B4521F96404FEB59B7D46B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. G. tyrnaensis is morphologically similar to G. orixensis and G. macroclada but different in having short inflorescence, absence of inflorescence bracts, petiolate lamina, short filament, large anther (Fig. 9) vs. large inflorescence, presence of inflorescence bracts, sessile lamina, large filament and small anther.	en	Yadav, Ritu, Gowda, Vinita (2024): Six new species of Globba L. (Zingiberales, Zingiberaceae) from the Eastern Himalayas and Northeast India. PhytoKeys 246: 197-228, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.246.118751
4D48A86115B4521F96404FEB59B7D46B.taxon	description	Description. Terrestrial herbs, 32 – 59 cm tall including inflorescence height, pseudostem swollen at the base. Rhizomes compact, non-tuberulous, creamish-white. Leafy shoot with 6 – 11 leaves; sheath ligulate, ligule 3 mm long, bilobed, translucent margin and green in center, turns papery when dry, pubescent; lamina 13 – 18 × 2.8 – 3.2 cm, subsessile, petiole 0.5 cm, green with cream color stripes, glabrous, narrowly ovate, base obtuse, apex caudate, margin entire, glabrous. Inflorescence terminal to the leafy shoot, 3 – 8 cm long, erect; peduncle 18 mm long, light green with maroon dots, glabrous; rachis, green with maroon patches, glabrous, bracts and bracteoles absent. Ebracteate cincinni 5 – 16, each cincinni with 2 – 3 flowers. Floral pedicel 0.15 – 0.5 cm, light green, glabrous. Flowers 3 – 3.9 cm long, orange, recurved; calyx 8 – 9 mm long, yellowish orange; floral tube 1.2 – 1.3 mm long, dull orangish red, densely pubescent, bent upwards holding the flower upright; dorsal corolla lobe 5.2 – 5.5 × 2.3 – 3.2 mm, ovate, apex cucullate, orange, glabrous; lateral corolla lobes 5.7 × 3.3 mm, ovate, apex acute, yellow, glabrous; labellum 7 × 5 mm, corniculate, ovate, orange in center with lighter orange margin, labellum notch with echinate structures, cornicula 0.2 – 0.3 mm in length, glabrous; lateral staminodes 4.7 – 4.8 × 2.7 mm, narrowly ovate, apex acute, orange, hairs on margin. Stamen 2.1 cm long; filament 1.8 cm long, orange, glabrous, arching; anther 3.7 mm long, ovate, apex truncate, orange, crest 0.7 – 0.8 mm long, non-appendaged; style filiform, apex broader than the base, stigma 4 – 5 mm, cylindrical, apex ciliate. Ovary 3.1 – 3.6 × 2.5 mm, obovate, yellow, verrucose, epigynous glands 2, 0.3 cm long, linear, cream. Fruit 1.2 cm in diameter, globose, green, verrucose, calyx persistent. Bulbils 1.2 – 2 × 0.5 – 0.8 cm, ovoid, light green to light yellow, pubescent, bulbils present in the inflorescence and axil of leaves.	en	Yadav, Ritu, Gowda, Vinita (2024): Six new species of Globba L. (Zingiberales, Zingiberaceae) from the Eastern Himalayas and Northeast India. PhytoKeys 246: 197-228, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.246.118751
4D48A86115B4521F96404FEB59B7D46B.taxon	distribution	Distribution and ecology. At present, we have seen G. tyrnaensis in the Double decker bridge, Tyrna village, and Thangkharang Park, Cherrapunji, Meghalaya. We have observed 150 – 200 individuals in Tyrna village and 10 – 15 individuals in Thangkharang Park, and the overall area of these two populations is ca. 400 m 2 each. G. tyrnaensis is terrestrial mostly growing in understory habitats inside forests at an elevation of ca. 731 m. We have observed different species of bees visiting the flowers of this species.	en	Yadav, Ritu, Gowda, Vinita (2024): Six new species of Globba L. (Zingiberales, Zingiberaceae) from the Eastern Himalayas and Northeast India. PhytoKeys 246: 197-228, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.246.118751
4D48A86115B4521F96404FEB59B7D46B.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species epithet refers to the type locality for this species, which is at the Tyrna village, Cherrapunji, Meghalaya.	en	Yadav, Ritu, Gowda, Vinita (2024): Six new species of Globba L. (Zingiberales, Zingiberaceae) from the Eastern Himalayas and Northeast India. PhytoKeys 246: 197-228, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.246.118751
15AEF1ED5AC15805A48FBAB41291A8CD.taxon	description	Fig. 12	en	Yadav, Ritu, Gowda, Vinita (2024): Six new species of Globba L. (Zingiberales, Zingiberaceae) from the Eastern Himalayas and Northeast India. PhytoKeys 246: 197-228, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.246.118751
15AEF1ED5AC15805A48FBAB41291A8CD.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Globba yadaviana is morphologically similar to G. rahmanii, G. expansa and G. lancangensis but clearly different in pod shape fruit (Fig. 12 I), absence of andromonoecy, reduced peduncle, large inflorescence, short calyx vs. oblong, globose ellipsoid fruit, presence of andromonoecy, large peduncle, small inflorescence, and large calyx.	en	Yadav, Ritu, Gowda, Vinita (2024): Six new species of Globba L. (Zingiberales, Zingiberaceae) from the Eastern Himalayas and Northeast India. PhytoKeys 246: 197-228, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.246.118751
15AEF1ED5AC15805A48FBAB41291A8CD.taxon	description	Description. Lithophytic herbs, 35 – 70 cm tall including inflorescence height, pseudostem swollen at the base. Rhizomes compact, non-tuberulous, creamish-white. Leafy shoot with 5 – 10 leaves; sheath ligulate, ligule 4 – 5 mm long, bilobed, light green, sparsely pubescent; lamina 26 – 35 × 6.5 – 11 cm, sessile, narrowly ovate, base obtuse, apex caudate, margin entire, glabrous. Inflorescence terminal to the leafy shoot, 6 – 35 cm long, erect; peduncle reduced, light green, glabrous; rachis, green, pubescent; bracts 2.3 – 2.5 × 0.7 – 0.8 mm, elliptic, green, pubescent and bracteoles 2.5 – 2.6 × 1 – 1.3 mm, ovate, light green, glabrous. Cincinni 5 – 39, each cincinni with 7 – 18 flowers. Floral pedicel for basal flowers 2.5 – 4 cm long, for terminal flowers 0.6 – 1.5 cm long, light green, pubescent. Flowers 3 – 3.6 cm long, yellow-orange, recurved; calyx 2 – 2.5 mm long, grayish green; floral tube 3.2 mm long, yellow, densely pubescent, slightly curved at the middle; dorsal corolla lobe 6.8 × 2.6 – 2.8 mm, ovate, yellow tinged green, glabrous; lateral corolla lobes 4.8 – 4.9 × 2.2 mm, ovate, apex obtuse, yellow green tinged, glabrous; labellum 11.5 × 3 mm, sagittate, yellow, labellum notch texture echinate; lateral staminodes 14 – 15 × 5.5 – 5.6 mm, ovate, apex acute, yellow, hairs on margins and on veins. Stamen 2.2 cm long; filament 2 cm long, yellow, glabrous, arching; anther 1.9 – 2 mm long, elliptic, apex truncate, yellow, crest absent, appendaged; style, filiform, tip broader than base, stigma 4 – 5 mm wide, clavate, ciliate. Ovary 0.4 – 0.5 × 0.2 – 0.3 cm, obovate, pale green, verrucose; epigynous glands 2, 0.4 – 0.5 cm long, linear, cream. Fruit 1.5 cm in length, linear, base obtuse, green, texture undulate, calyx persistent. Bulbils absent.	en	Yadav, Ritu, Gowda, Vinita (2024): Six new species of Globba L. (Zingiberales, Zingiberaceae) from the Eastern Himalayas and Northeast India. PhytoKeys 246: 197-228, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.246.118751
15AEF1ED5AC15805A48FBAB41291A8CD.taxon	distribution	Distribution and ecology. At present, we have seen this species in Reiek Tlang road, Mamit, Mizoram. We have observed ca. 30 individuals in an overall area of ca. 400 m 2. This species is lithophytic, mostly growing along the edge of roads with an elevation of ca. 300 m. We have observed different species of bees and butterflies visiting the flowers of this species. We have observed ants as seed dispersal for this species.	en	Yadav, Ritu, Gowda, Vinita (2024): Six new species of Globba L. (Zingiberales, Zingiberaceae) from the Eastern Himalayas and Northeast India. PhytoKeys 246: 197-228, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.246.118751
15AEF1ED5AC15805A48FBAB41291A8CD.taxon	etymology	Etymology. This species epithet is in the memory of the late Mr. Rajesh Yadav, who was the father of the first author and was instrumental in the author’s progress in science and education.	en	Yadav, Ritu, Gowda, Vinita (2024): Six new species of Globba L. (Zingiberales, Zingiberaceae) from the Eastern Himalayas and Northeast India. PhytoKeys 246: 197-228, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.246.118751
