CLITORIA ANNUA GRAHAM VAR. EMARGINATA (VAR. NOV.): A NEW VARIETY OF SPECIES CLITORIA ANNUA GRAHAM (FAMILY: FABACEAE) FROM MAHARASHTRA, INDIA

摘要

During a floristic survey of flowering plants in Sawarna taluka, Nashik district, Maharashtra, in November 2009, we came across an interesting plant of the genus Clitoria in open grassland near the Sawarna river. A few plants from the area were collected, processed and preserved. Comparison with the material deposited at Blatter Herbarium (BLAT) and literature at the BLAT library (Almeida 1990, 1998, 2005; Cooke 1902; Hooker 1876) confirmed it as a new variety of Clitoria annua Graham, Family Fabaceae, and was named Clitoria annua Graham var. emarginata (var. nov.)