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The Corydalis nana complex (Fumariaceae sect. Latiflorae) in Western Himalaya

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Corydalis nana Royle in the western Himalaya is found to be a complex of three species, including two hitherto undescribed. The true C. nana is a yellow-flowered species. The most common, greyish-blue or white-flowered species in the Sino-Indo-Nepal Himalaya, hitherto mistaken as C. nana, is a new species described here as Corydalis magni. An additional related species, Corydalis devendrae, characterised by tuberous roots and dorsally wingless/non crestate upper and lower petals is also described and illustrated from Uttarakhand state, India. A table comparing diagnostic characters, along with keys to taxa of the complex and a distribution map, are also included.

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The author is grateful to the Director, Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata for the use of facilities, to Dr D. K. Singh, Additional Director, BSI, Kolkata for guidance and help with the literature, to Dr V. J. Nair, Scientist Emeritus, Southern Circle, BSI, Coimbatore, for the Latin diagnosis, to Dr Donna Young, Liverpool Herbarium for the type image of Corydalis nana, to the Conservator of Forests, Uttarakhand, for permission, logistic support and co-operation during the field surveys, and the authorities of DD herbarium for facilitating the study of the specimens in their holding. Prof. Magnus Lidén, Uppsala University, Sweden is gratefully acknowledged here by naming a novelty after him for help and guidance rendered regarding literature, type images, photographs, specimens of the complex in China and Nepal herbarium and critical suggestions.

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Pusalkar, P.K. The Corydalis nana complex (Fumariaceae sect. Latiflorae) in Western Himalaya. Kew Bull 66, 545–555 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-011-9306-8

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