Occurrence of Geranium mascatense (Geraniaceae) in India and the speculations about its global distribution Author Hurrah, Imtiyaz A. 0000-0003-4331-4790 Plant Diversity, Systematics and Herbarium Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow- 226001 (Uttar Pradesh), India & Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad- 201002 (Uttar Pradesh), India & saithimtiyaz 18 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4331 - 4790 saithimtiyaz18@gmail.com Author Shukla, Aparna R. 0000-0003-2544-2502 Plant Diversity, Systematics and Herbarium Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow- 226001 (Uttar Pradesh), India & aparnashukla 602 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2544 - 2502 aparnashukla602@gmail.com Author Wagh, Vijay V. 0000-0002-6890-8862 Plant Diversity, Systematics and Herbarium Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow- 226001 (Uttar Pradesh), India & Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad- 201002 (Uttar Pradesh), India & vijay. wagh @ nbri. res. in; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6890 - 8862 vijay.wagh@nbri.res.in text Phytotaxa 2023 2023-05-25 598 3 206 218 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.598.3.2 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.598.3.2 1179-3163 7969914 Geranium mascatense Boissier, Diagn. Pl. Orient. ser. 1, 1:59. 1843. TYPE:— OMAN , Al Batinah , monte Gebel Akader roy. de Mascate, 23°10′N , 57°25′E , P.M. Aucher Eloy 4303 ( lectotype : G ! designated by Schönbeck-Temesy, 1970:34 ; isolectotypes : BM , FI , K ) ( Figs. 1–3 , 5 ) Herbaceous, erect, annual, 15–35 cm long. Taproot with many secondary roots. Stem with dense, retrorse, curved, uncinate ca. 0.5 mm long eglandular hairs. Stipule deltoid with blunt apex/obtuse, with sparse eglandular hairs on abaxial surface, glabrous on adaxial surface, margins with cilia 0.1–0.4 mm long. Leaf lower cauline leaves alternate, upper opposite, sometimes whorled (3–4 leaves); petiole 2–11 mm long, with 0.1–0.4 mm long, dense, retrose, uncinate, curved eglandular hairs; lamina 1.7–5.0 × 2.3–6.0 cm, pentagonal, palmatipartite, ratio of main sinus length/middle segment length (0.5–0.7), segments 5, rhombic-obtrullate, middle segment width at base 3–9 mm , no. of lobes 9–17, longer than broad, acute and diverging, ratio of 2 nd sinus length/middle segment length 0.18–0.27, abaxially with dense woolly interwoven soft curved uncinate eglandular hairs mostly along veins, adaxially with shorter serecious eglandular hairs and long flat, pleuricellular, 0.7–1.2 mm long scattered, papillose, eglandular hairs. Inflorescence cyme, cymules dichasial at lower nodes and monochasial at upper nodes, peduncles absent, (1-) 2 or 3 umbelled pedicilate flowers; pedicels 7–20 mm long, with dense, retrorse, uncinate, 0.1–0.5 mm long, eglandular hairs. Flowers actinomorphic and cleistogamous. Sepals 4.0–5.9 × 1.3–2.7 mm long, ovate, mucro 0.3–1.0 mm long and hairy, abaxially with cottony interwoven eglandular hairs, adaxially glabrous, margins not uniformly ciliate. Petals not found. Stamens 5 or 10; filaments 1.7–2.0 × 0.3–0.4 mm , triangular at base abruptly narrowing into a long apex, both surfaces glabrous, margins without cilia. Fruits 1.1–1.6 cm long; mericarp 2.8–3.5 mm long, beaked at apex, margins united or overlapping, 4–6 ribs, separated by 0.2–0.5 mm wide deep furrows, laterally connected, bearing < 0.1 mm long eglandular hairs; rostrum 9–13 mm long, twinning, covered with ca. 0.2 mm long, upwardly bent eglandular hairs, without narrow apex; stigmatic remains ca. 0.5 mm ; seeds 1.6–2.0 mm long. Specimens examined:— INDIA . Maharashtra : Poona district, Purandhar, 29 December 1956 , H. Santapau S . J., 21794 (BLAT!); Purandhar, Vazirgadh fort, 29 December 1956 , H. Santapau S . J. 21781 (BLAT!); Purandhar fort, 1164 m , 18.2828°N , 73.9738°E , 05 December 2021 , I. A . Hurrah, A . Gupta & A . Mishra 336953, 336954, 336955 ( LWG !).