Chenopodium harai Sukhor., 2015

Sukhorukov, Alexander P. & Kushunina, Maria, 2015, Corrigenda to “ Taxonomic revision of Chenopodiaceae in Nepal ” [Phytotaxa 191: 10 - 44. 2014], Phytotaxa 226 (3), pp. 288-291 : 290

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.226.3.10
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13631659
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8D08D75F-8738-FFDC-FF78-FF0FFD0CFC5B
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Chenopodium harai Sukhor.
status	sp. nov.

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Chenopodium harai Sukhor. sp. nov.

− Chenopodium pallidum sensu Sukhorukov View in CoL , non Moquin-Tandon (1840: 30).

Type:— NEPAL. [Dhaulagiri zone]: Mustang prov. [distr.], Annapurna Conservation area, Trekking route Jomosom–Muktinath, valley of Khali Gandaki river, between Jomosom & Kagbeni villages, riverside, 2700 m, 22 September 2009, Sukhorukov 566 (holotype MW!) ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 ).

Description: —Annual, to 40 cm, erect, lateral branches ascending if present. Leaves up to 2 × 1 cm, shortly petiolate (petioles up to 1 cm), blades fleshy, ovate, slightly cuneate, decreasing in size upwards, green above, greyish below, dentate, margins often red. Inflorescence greyish, aphyllous or bracteate. Perianth ca. 2.5 mm in diameter, its segments almost free, with prominent midrib. Fruits 1.3–1.6 mm in diameter, ca. 0.6 mm thick. Pericarp of 1–2 cell layers, 7–10 μm thick, easily separating from the seed, papillae up to 25 μm. Seed 1.3–1.5 mm, blackish or reddish-black, its sculpture striate, with obtuse or acutish margin (immature seed with acute margin), not swollen, with small depression apically.

Etymology: —The new species is dedicated to Hiroshi Hara (1911–1986), Japanese botanist with a special interest in the Himalayan flora, co-author of numerous floristic works.

Distribution: —Central Himalaya.

Habitat: —Disturbed areas at 1500–3200 m a.s.l.

Phenology: —Flowering March–September; fruiting April–November.

Additional specimens examined ( Sukhorukov & Kushunina 2014, Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 ):— CENTRAL NEPAL. Rapti zone: [Rolpa distr.] Phalabang , 4500 ft, 24 March 1952, Polunin, Sykes & Williams 654 ( BM, LE). Dhaulagiri zone: [Mustang distr.] Jomosom to Kagbeni, 22 September 2009, Sukhorukov 566 ( MW) ; Myagdi prov. [distr.], near Dana vill., 1500 m, 11 May 2010, Sukhorukov 510 ( MW) .