Viola suavis subsp. naqshii A. H. Ganie, T. Islam & A. A. Khuroo, 2023

Ganie, Aijaz H., Islam, Tajamul, Khuroo, Anzar Ahmad & Tali, Bilal A., 2023, Viola suavis subsp. naqshii: a new taxon from Kashmir Himalaya, India, Phytotaxa 598 (2), pp. 167-172 : 169

Viola suavis subsp. naqshii A. H. Ganie, T. Islam & A. A. Khuroo , subsp. nov. ( Fig. 2 )

Diagnosis

The new taxon, V. suavis subsp. naqshii morphologically resembles with V. suavis subsp. austrodalmatica in few characters such as hairy leaf margins, hairy petioles and cordate leaf base. However, it differs from V. suavis subsp. austrodalmatica in several characters which include: petiole hairs in V. suavis subsp. naqshii up to 0.1 mm long (vs. up to 5 mm long in V. suavis subsp. austrodalmatica ), stipules up to 15 mm long (vs. up to 5 mm long), leaf hairs on margins up to 2 mm long (vs. up to 2.2 mm long), petals white in colour (vs. blue or blue-violet in colour), spur curved (vs. straight), capsule densely haired (vs. sparsely haired).

Type:— INDIA. Hazratbal, Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir, India), 34.13˚ N , 74.84˚ E, 1600 m a.s.l, 18 March 2023, Aijaz H . Ganie , Tajamul Islam & Anzar A . Khuroo 40097 (holotype: KASH! isotype KASH!) .

Figures

FIGURE 2. a—Habit and habitat of V. suavis subsp. naqshii; b—Plant body with stolons; c—Leaves; d—Hairs on petiole; e—Leaf margin; f—Leaf apex; g—Leaf base; h—Stipules;i—Peduncle with flower; j—Bracteoles; k—Spur; l—Hairs on laterals petals; m—Petals (dorsal side); n—Petals (ventral side); o—Sepals (dorsal side); p—Sepals (ventral side); q—Carpel; r—Leaf trichomes; s—Capsule with persistent sepals and dense hairs; t—Seeds with elaiosome. (Pictures: Tajamul Islam)