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Arenaria thangoensis W.W.Sm. (Caryophyllaceae), a Threatened Species Hitherto Considered Endemic to Sikkim Rediscovered from the Western Himalaya, India


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1 Department of Biological Sciences, College of Basic Sciences and Humanities, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar 263 145, India
 

The genus Arenaria s.l. is represented by about 210 species of annual or perennial herbs distributed in the temperate and arctic areas of Asia, Europe, northern Africa, North America and South America1. In India, it is represented by 24 species2 mainly confined to the Himalaya of which Arenaria curvifolia Majumdar, Arenaria ferruginea Duthie ex F.
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Satish Chandra
Department of Biological Sciences, College of Basic Sciences and Humanities, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar 263 145, India
D. S. Rawat
Department of Biological Sciences, College of Basic Sciences and Humanities, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar 263 145, India

Abstract


The genus Arenaria s.l. is represented by about 210 species of annual or perennial herbs distributed in the temperate and arctic areas of Asia, Europe, northern Africa, North America and South America1. In India, it is represented by 24 species2 mainly confined to the Himalaya of which Arenaria curvifolia Majumdar, Arenaria ferruginea Duthie ex F.


DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv112%2Fi04%2F693-695