Tetrataenium dalgadianum (S.M.Almeida) C.Rekha & Manudev, 2024

C., Rekha & Manudev, K. M., 2024, A new combination in the genus Tetrataenium (Apiaceae), Rheedea 34 (1), pp. 65-68 : 66

Tetrataenium dalgadianum (S.M.Almeida) C.Rekha & Manudev , comb. nov.

Heracleum dalgadianum S.M.Almeida, Indian Forester 111(3): 158. 1985; S.M.Almeida, Fl. Savantwadi, 195. 1990; M.R.Almeida, Fl. Maharashtra 354. 1996; N.P.Singh et al., Fl. Maharashtra 98. 2001; V.P.Prasad, J. Bombay. Nat. Hist. Soc. 102(3): 380. 2005; P.K. Mukh. & Constance, Umbel. India 151. 1993; Karthik. et al., Fl. Pl. India Dicotyl. 1: 110. 2009; P.K.Mukh., R.Manik. & Murug. in Mao & Dash, Fl. Pl. India Annot. Checkl. Dicot. 621. 2020.

Type: INDIA, Maharashtra, Sindhudurg district, Amboli-Savantwadi , 11.09.1980, S.M. Almeida SMA-2815-A ( holo BLAT!; iso BLAT!) . Fig. 1

Flowering & fruiting: Flowering from June to August, and fruiting from August to November.

Habitat: Sloppy areas in forests and hill slopes.

Distribution: India.

Notes: Tetrataenium dalgadianum is morphologically allied to T. aquilegifolium (C.B.Clarke) Manden. and T. grande (Dalzell & A.Gibson) Manden ., but differs from the former by ovate-lanceolate leaflets ( vs. broadly ovate), peduncles (6–10 vs. 3–6 cm long), carpophores as long as the fruit and persistent ( vs. short, not persistent), commissural vittae (4–6 vs. 6–8), and from the latter by linear-lanceolate bracts and bracteoles ( vs. oblong or obovate) and slightly pubescent mericarps with broad wings ( vs. glabrous with narrow wings).

Figures

Fig.1. Holotype of Tetrataenium dalgadianum (S.M.Almeida) C.Rekha & Manudev © BLAT,Mumbai. Reproduced with permission.