HENCKELIA MULTIFLORA (GESNERIACEAE), A NEW SPECIES FROM THE EASTERN HIMALAYAN REGION OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH, INDIA

Shivam Kishwan; Tejas Thackeray; Navendu Page

doi:10.24823/ejb.2025.2095

HENCKELIA MULTIFLORA (GESNERIACEAE), A NEW SPECIES FROM THE EASTERN HIMALAYAN REGION OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH, INDIA

Authors

S. Kishwan Thackeray Wildlife Foundation https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4777-8752
T. U. Thackeray Thackeray Wildlife Foundation
N. V. Page Thackeray Wildlife Foundation https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9413-7571

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24823/ejb.2025.2095

Keywords:

Caulescent, Endemic, Erect, Upper Siang District

Abstract

Henckelia multiflora, a robust, caulescent herb, is described from the Upper Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh, India. The species is morphologically similar to Henckelia khasiana and H. oblongifolia but differs in having up to 30 (occasionally more) flowers per inflorescence, and a longer calyx with caudate-acuminate lobes. The species is presently known from only the Upper Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh.