Capillipedium mistryi A. P. Tiwari & S. N. Landge, 2021

Tiwari, Arjun Prasad & Landge, Shahid Nawaz, 2021, Capillipedium mistryi (Andropogoneae, Poaceae): a new remarkable species from central India, Phytotaxa 498 (1), pp. 51-57 : 52

Capillipedium mistryi A. P. Tiwari & S. N. Landge , sp. nov. ( Fig. 1 & 2 )

Type:— INDIA, Madhya Pradesh, Hoshangabad district, Bori Wildlife Sanctuary, Bori Range , 22°15’ to 22° 30’ N lat. and 77°45’ to 78 30’ E long., ca. 500 m elevation, 15 November 2019, A. P . Tiwari 35 (holotype: CAL!; isotype: BLAT!) .

Diagnosis:— Capillipedium mistryi is closely allied to C. spicigerum in longer racemes, but differs in pedicel and rhachis internode solid, if slightly channeled then not with a translucent groove (vs. with a distinct translucent groove), shorter panicle 4.0–7.0 × 3.0–5.0 cm (vs. 10–25 × 5.0–8.0 cm in the latter), racemes with 11–25 sessile spikelets (vs. racemes with 3–8 sessile spikelets), sessile spikelet 2.5–3.0 mm long (vs. 3.0–4.0 mm long).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Capillipedium mistryi. A. Habit. B. Panicle. C. Basal portion of a plant.

FIGURE 2. Illustration of the spikelets of Capillipedium mistryi. A. Portion of spiciform-raceme. B–J Sessile spikelet: B. Back of sessile spikelet. C. Lower glume (dorsal side). D. Lower glume (ventral). E. Upper glume (dorsal side). F. Upper glume (ventral). G. Lower lemma. H. Pistil. I. Anthers (two fertile and one aborted) of upper floret. J. Upper lemma with geniculate awn. K–Q Pedicelled spikelet: K. Pedicelled spikelet with pedicel (dorsal side). L. Pedicelled spikelet with pedicel (ventral side). M. Lower glume (dorsal side). N. Lower glume (ventral). O. Upper glume (dorsal side). P. Upper glume (ventral). Q. Lower lemma (ventral). R. Pedicel. S. Rhachis internode. T. Anthers. U. Ligule and leaf base. (Illustrated by: Shahid Nawaz).