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<emphasis id="B93AEAA8BB61FFA8FF4DFC81FEB1176A" bold="true" box="[136,317,788,814]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="58">Swertia jayantii</emphasis>
Amber Srivastava &amp; JS Khuraijam
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(
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&amp;
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)
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hills,
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349334 (
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:
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<emphasis id="B93AEAA8BB61FFA8FF4DFC32FE8717F9" bold="true" box="[136,267,935,957]" pageId="1" pageNumber="58">Diagnosis:—</emphasis>
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shows close resemblance with
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<emphasis id="B93AEAA8BB61FFA8FD18FC3DFCF417F9" box="[733,888,936,957]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="58">Swertia cordata</emphasis>
Wall.
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in having a single naked nectary, narrowly winged quadrangular stem and bluish-veined corolla lobes. However,
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can be clearly differentiated from
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in having deltoid nectar
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), leaf base obtuse (vs. leaf base cordate), corolla lobes incurved (vs. corolla lobes flat) and calyx shorter than corolla (vs. calyx equal or longer than corolla).
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has long been confused as
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due to similarity in few morphological characteristics and not observing the nectary characteristic which is not quite prominent in dried specimens.
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Annual, erect, solitary or branched herbs,
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high. Roots woody, creamish-yellow or pale white. Stem tufted, green or reddish purple, quadrangular, narrowly winged at angles. Radical leaves withered at anthesis. Cauline leaves sessile or sub-sessile, opposite, oblong-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate 1.5–3.5 ×
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, 3–5 veined, obtuse at base, acute at apex, glabrous, margin entire, veins distinct abaxially prominent, green or sometimes purplish black. Inflorescence paniculate thyrse, dense,
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long, many flowered, axis spreading. Flowers pentamerous,
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across; pedicel
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long, quadrangular or sub-quadrangular; Corolla lobes elliptic-lanceolate, 0.8– 1.2×
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long, adnate to corolla tube; filaments free, linear to subulate,
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, white, glabrous; anthers ellipsoid,
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long, dark purple. Style short,
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long, ovoid-ellipsoid. Seeds
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Etymology:
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The new species is named after Goddess Jayanti (the presiding deity of Jayanti Shaktipeeth) in Nartiang, Jaintia hills.
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Flowering and Fruiting:
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</emphasis>
October–January.
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Distribution and Ecology:
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is found growing on open grasslands or hill slopes of Nartiang hills. It is also found growing luxuriantly on grassy slopes of Mawphlang sacred groove and shaded, moist slopes along forest edges at Smit in
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). In most of the localities, it is found growing in association with
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(C.B.
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Thunberg (1797: 7)
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Wallich (1820: 376)
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,
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are commonly occurring species of the region.
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Additional specimens examined (
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):—
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raim (
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17863 (
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!)
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<collectorName id="26BB536CBB62FFABFDEBFF57FD7A1499" box="[558,758,194,221]" pageId="2" pageNumber="59">Amber Srivastava</collectorName>
</emphasis>
349336 (
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!)
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.
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<paragraph id="8BF136BABB62FFABFF4DF84DFC7C1C56" blockId="2.[136,1452,2008,2066]" pageId="2" pageNumber="59">
<emphasis id="B93AEAA8BB62FFABFF4DF84DFF7113A9" bold="true" box="[136,253,2008,2030]" pageId="2" pageNumber="59">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B93AEAA8BB62FFABFEC7F84CFE6413AA" box="[258,488,2009,2030]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="59">
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D39BB62FFABFEC7F84CFE1613AA" box="[258,410,2009,2030]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Gentianaceae" genus="Swertia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Gentianales" pageId="2" pageNumber="59" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="jayantii" status="sp. nov.">Swertia jayantii</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20957D3BB62FFABFE5AF84CFE6413AA" box="[415,488,2009,2030]" pageId="2" pageNumber="59" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B93AEAA8BB62FFABFE29F84DFD8813A9" bold="true" box="[492,516,2008,2029]" pageId="2" pageNumber="59">A.</emphasis>
Habit,
<emphasis id="B93AEAA8BB62FFABFD8CF84CFDEC13AA" bold="true" box="[585,608,2009,2030]" pageId="2" pageNumber="59">B.</emphasis>
Flower (front view),
<emphasis id="B93AEAA8BB62FFABFCE9F84DFCCF13AA" bold="true" box="[812,835,2008,2030]" pageId="2" pageNumber="59">C.</emphasis>
Flower (side view),
<emphasis id="B93AEAA8BB62FFABFBCDF84CFB9313AA" bold="true" box="[1032,1055,2009,2030]" pageId="2" pageNumber="59">D.</emphasis>
Corolla showing nectary,
<emphasis id="B93AEAA8BB62FFABFADCF84CFAA313AA" bold="true" box="[1305,1327,2009,2030]" pageId="2" pageNumber="59">E.</emphasis>
Calyx lobes,
<emphasis id="B93AEAA8BB62FFABFF4DF868FF161C56" bold="true" box="[136,154,2045,2066]" pageId="2" pageNumber="59">F.</emphasis>
Pistil,
<emphasis id="B93AEAA8BB62FFABFF1BF869FF7B1C56" bold="true" box="[222,247,2044,2066]" pageId="2" pageNumber="59">G.</emphasis>
Stamens,
<emphasis id="B93AEAA8BB62FFABFE9FF868FEFF1C56" bold="true" box="[346,371,2045,2066]" pageId="2" pageNumber="59">H.</emphasis>
Variation in leaf shape,
<emphasis id="B93AEAA8BB62FFABFD9EF868FDE71C56" bold="true" box="[603,619,2045,2066]" pageId="2" pageNumber="59">I.</emphasis>
Seeds. (Prepared by Amber Srivastava).
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis id="B93AEAA8BB63FFAAFF4DF879FF721C45" bold="true" box="[136,254,2028,2050]" pageId="3" pageNumber="60">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
Holotype of
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D39BB63FFAAFEB8F879FD991C45" box="[381,533,2028,2049]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Gentianaceae" genus="Swertia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Gentianales" pageId="3" pageNumber="60" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="jayantii" status="sp. nov.">Swertia jayantii</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20957D3BB63FFAAFDDEF878FDE91C46" box="[539,613,2029,2050]" pageId="3" pageNumber="60" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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</caption>
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<paragraph id="8BF136BABB64FFADFF4DFB5EFC8710A6" blockId="4.[136,779,1227,1250]" box="[136,779,1227,1250]" pageId="4" pageNumber="61">
<emphasis id="B93AEAA8BB64FFADFF4DFB5EFF7210A4" bold="true" box="[136,254,1227,1249]" pageId="4" pageNumber="61">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
Map showing distribution of
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D39BB64FFADFDDEFB59FD3810A5" box="[539,692,1228,1249]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Gentianaceae" genus="Swertia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Gentianales" pageId="4" pageNumber="61" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="jayantii">
<emphasis id="B93AEAA8BB64FFADFDDEFB59FD3810A5" box="[539,692,1228,1249]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="61">Swertia jayantii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in India.
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</caption>
<paragraph id="8BF136BABB64FFADFF78FA85FF6D1262" blockId="4.[136,1452,1296,1862]" pageId="4" pageNumber="61">
<emphasis id="B93AEAA8BB64FFADFF78FA85FE5E116E" bold="true" box="[189,466,1296,1322]" pageId="4" pageNumber="61">
Conservation status:
<emphasis id="B93AEAA8BB64FFADFE73FA85FE5E116E" bold="true" box="[438,466,1296,1322]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="61">—</emphasis>
</emphasis>
During the field survey in
<date id="FFF0107ABB64FFADFCC6FA85FC13116E" box="[771,927,1296,1322]" pageId="4" pageNumber="61" value="2022-10">October 2022</date>
and
<date id="FFF0107ABB64FFADFC1CFA85FBF8116E" box="[985,1140,1296,1322]" pageId="4" pageNumber="61" value="2023-01">January 2023</date>
, more than 500 individuals of
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<emphasis id="B93AEAA8BB64FFADFF62FAA1FE95110A" box="[167,281,1332,1358]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="61">S. jayantii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were observed in both Khasi and Jaintia hills. A detailed observation of herbarium specimens deposited at
<collectingRegion id="498AF858BB64FFADFF60FACDFE891136" box="[165,261,1368,1394]" country="India" name="Assam" pageId="4" pageNumber="61">ASSAM</collectingRegion>
revealed that most of the collections marked as
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<emphasis id="B93AEAA8BB64FFADFCFAFACDFC791136" box="[831,1013,1368,1394]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="61">Swertia cordata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
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are actually
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D39BB64FFADFA93FACDFF5211D2" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Gentianaceae" genus="Swertia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Gentianales" pageId="4" pageNumber="61" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="jayantii">
<emphasis id="B93AEAA8BB64FFADFA93FACDFF5211D2" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="61">Swertia jayantii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Though
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<emphasis id="B93AEAA8BB64FFADFE8BFAE9FE4E11D2" box="[334,450,1404,1430]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="61">S. jayantii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is having good population size but is having restricted distribution in
<collectingCountry id="F359762ABB64FFADFB2BFAE9FAA411D2" box="[1262,1320,1404,1430]" name="India" pageId="4" pageNumber="61">India</collectingCountry>
and is also highly exploited for medicinal use by local people by the name of ‘
<emphasis id="B93AEAA8BB64FFADFC44FA35FC5311FE" box="[897,991,1440,1466]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="61">Chireta’</emphasis>
. Due to the limited data available on the exact distribution of the species, it is treated here as ‘Data Deficient’. Considering the present overexploitation of the species for traditional uses, further exploration is required to assess the extent of threats and actual distribution of the species.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF136BABB64FFADFF78F9A5FA0912D6" blockId="4.[136,1452,1296,1862]" pageId="4" pageNumber="61">
<emphasis id="B93AEAA8BB64FFADFF78F9A5FE24120E" bold="true" box="[189,424,1584,1610]" pageId="4" pageNumber="61">
Taxonomic Note:
<emphasis id="B93AEAA8BB64FFADFE49F9A5FE24120E" box="[396,424,1584,1610]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="61">—</emphasis>
</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D39BB64FFADFE6DF9A5FE72120E" authorityName="Linnaeus" authorityYear="1753" box="[424,510,1584,1610]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Gentianaceae" genus="Swertia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Gentianales" pageId="4" pageNumber="61" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Swertia</taxonomicName>
subgenus
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D39BB64FFADFDBEF9A5FBA6120E" box="[635,1066,1584,1610]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Gentianaceae" genus="Ophelia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Gentianales" pageId="4" pageNumber="61" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="series" section="Ophelia" series="Maculatae">
<emphasis id="B93AEAA8BB64FFADFDBEF9A5FD59120E" box="[635,725,1584,1610]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="61">Ophelia</emphasis>
sect.
<emphasis id="B93AEAA8BB64FFADFCD8F9A5FCFB120E" box="[797,887,1584,1610]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="61">Ophelia</emphasis>
ser.
<emphasis id="B93AEAA8BB64FFADFC77F9A5FBA6120E" box="[946,1066,1584,1610]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="61">Maculatae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
comprises species having 1 or 2 naked gland shaped nectaries and is represented by only six species globally. In
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, the section is represented by only two species, namely
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<emphasis id="B93AEAA8BB64FFADFE6FF9EDFD9012D6" box="[426,540,1656,1682]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="61">S. cordata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D39BB64FFADFD96F9EDFD6112D6" box="[595,749,1656,1682]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Gentianaceae" genus="Swertia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Gentianales" pageId="4" pageNumber="61" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="bimaculata">
<emphasis id="B93AEAA8BB64FFADFD96F9EDFD6112D6" box="[595,749,1656,1682]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="61">S. bimaculata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
which are found mainly in temperate regions and foothills.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF136BABB64FFADFF78F909FE0E1302" blockId="4.[136,1452,1296,1862]" pageId="4" pageNumber="61">
The newly discovered species,
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D39BB64FFADFDECF909FD6C12F2" box="[553,736,1692,1718]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Gentianaceae" genus="Swertia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Gentianales" pageId="4" pageNumber="61" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="jayantii">
<emphasis id="B93AEAA8BB64FFADFDECF909FD6C12F2" box="[553,736,1692,1718]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="61">Swertia jayantii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, shares similarities with
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<emphasis id="B93AEAA8BB64FFADFBC0F909FBF712F2" box="[1029,1147,1692,1718]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="61">S. cordata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, such as its growth habit, pentamerous corolla displaying blue-violet veins, quadrangular stem with narrow wings, and presence of single nectary near the base of corolla. However,
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D39BB64FFADFDD0F971FD0512BA" box="[533,649,1764,1790]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Gentianaceae" genus="Swertia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Gentianales" pageId="4" pageNumber="61" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="jayantii">
<emphasis id="B93AEAA8BB64FFADFDD0F971FD0512BA" box="[533,649,1764,1790]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="61">S. jayantii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
distinguishes itself by its deltoid-shaped nectaries, calyx lobes smaller than the corolla lobes, slightly incurved corolla lobes and leaves lacking a cordate base (see
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and
<figureCitation id="13752A3FBB64FFADFAE1F89DFA0F1366" box="[1316,1411,1800,1826]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="5.[136,229,1952,1974]" captionTargetBox="[203,1385,190,1928]" captionTargetId="figure-17@5.[203,1385,190,1928]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 4. Comparison between characters of Swertia jayantii (a1–e1) and Swertia cordata (a2–e2): a1,2. Single flower; b1,2. Petal shape; c1,2. Nectary; d1,2. Calyx; e1,2. Leaf. (Prepared by Amber Srivastava)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13213496" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13213496/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="61">Figure 4</figureCitation>
for visual representation).
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