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B. K. Dikshit ¹

Affiliations
1 National Silkworm Seed Project, Koraput, IN

Abstract

Potentilla panigrahiana Dikshit sp. nov. is described from the Himalayas.

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G. Panigrahi ¹, B. K. Dikshit ²

Affiliations
1 Botanical Survey of India, Howrah, IS
2 Botanical Survey of India, Howrah, IN

Abstract

The genera Argentina J. Hill, Pentaphylloides Duhamel, nom. illeg'. (=Dasiphora Rafin.) and Duchesnea Smith are treated as congeneric synonyms of Potentilla L. sens, stricto ; nine subgenera are recognised with keys to their identification and nomenclatural set up. The origin of the genus Potentilla L. is discussed and evolutionary trends within the subgencra hypothesized.

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