taxonID	type	description	language	source
03F77E03E07AFFC157F4FC12FEDA1CE9.taxon	materials_examined	Type: INDIA, Himachal Pradesh, Rohtang Pass, 4000 m, 13.10.2017, M. Shabir 308822 (holo LWG; iso GUH).	en	M., Shabir, A. K., Pal, M. D., Dwivedi, Tiwari, J. K. (2022): Gentiana ranae (Gentianaceae), a new species from India revealed by morphology and molecular phylogenetic analyses. Rheedea 32 (1): 1-17, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2022.32.01.1
03F77E03E07AFFC157F4FC12FEDA1CE9.taxon	description	Perennial herbs, 5 – 10 cm tall, roots few, weak, stolon forming, presence of nodes and internodes, stem ridged, 4 – 6 lineolate, prostrate. Radical leaves 5 – 10 × 2.8 – 4.5 mm, rosulate, crowded towards the base, present in whorls of 2 – 3, widely spaced; each whorl contains 8 – 12 leaves. Cauline leaves 4 – 15 × 2.5 – 7 mm, opposite, upper leaves forms whorl around the inflorescence; mostly obovate, elliptic to spathulate with rounded to sub-rounded apex, mid-vein distinct abaxially, margins scabrous, tinged purple. Flowers terminal, 2 – 4 clustered, sessile. Calyx up to 12 mm long, surrounded by stem leaves; tube broadly tubular, 7.5 – 9 mm long, longer than the lobes (2 / 3 of the lobes); lobes unequal 2 – 3.5 × 0.5 – 1.15 mm, lanceolate, slightly triangular with acute apex, mid-veins indistinct, margins scabrous, sinus between lobes obtuse to sub-rounded. Corolla light blue, 15 – 22 mm long, tube much longer than the lobes, lobes short 2 – 3 × 1.4 – 1.8 mm, broadly ovate with acute apex, margins scabrous, crenulate; plicae very short, horizontally truncate, broadly ovate with obtuse to acute apex, margins dentate to erose. Stamens 5, filaments 4 – 6 mm long, inserted from the middle of the tube, terminating much below the sinus, flattened at base, free part short; anthers 1 – 1.2 × 0.25 – 0.3 mm, ellipsoid, narrow and pointed toward apex. Carpel stipulate, stipe much longer 6 – 7 mm, ovary narrowly ovate to elliptic 5 – 6 × 1.6 – 1.7 mm, style 2 – 2.5 mm, linear, stigma bifid, lobes orbicular to coiled. Capsule stalked, oblanceolate, 7 – 15 × 3 – 6 mm. Seeds 0.3 – 0.4 × 0.2 – 0.25 mm, compressed, sub-orbicular, ovate, elliptic, oblong, winged, seed coat alveolate, shallow and hexagonal pits. Flowering & fruiting: September (flowering), October (fruiting).	en	M., Shabir, A. K., Pal, M. D., Dwivedi, Tiwari, J. K. (2022): Gentiana ranae (Gentianaceae), a new species from India revealed by morphology and molecular phylogenetic analyses. Rheedea 32 (1): 1-17, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2022.32.01.1
03F77E03E07AFFC157F4FC12FEDA1CE9.taxon	biology_ecology	Habitat: The species is found distributed in alpine meadows, grasslands, and on rocky surfaces, on high altitude slopes in the Himalayas, at altitudes between 4000 – 4300 m. Presently, three individual plants have been identified for this taxon in Rohtang Pass of Himachal Pradesh in western Himalaya from an area of c. 5 km 2.	en	M., Shabir, A. K., Pal, M. D., Dwivedi, Tiwari, J. K. (2022): Gentiana ranae (Gentianaceae), a new species from India revealed by morphology and molecular phylogenetic analyses. Rheedea 32 (1): 1-17, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2022.32.01.1
03F77E03E07AFFC157F4FC12FEDA1CE9.taxon	distribution	Distribution: India, hitherto known only from the type locality.	en	M., Shabir, A. K., Pal, M. D., Dwivedi, Tiwari, J. K. (2022): Gentiana ranae (Gentianaceae), a new species from India revealed by morphology and molecular phylogenetic analyses. Rheedea 32 (1): 1-17, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2022.32.01.1
03F77E03E07AFFC157F4FC12FEDA1CE9.taxon	etymology	Etymology: The species is named after Dr. Tikam Singh Rana, Chief Scientist, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow for his remarkable contribution to the molecular systematics and phylogenetic studies of different plant groups in India.	en	M., Shabir, A. K., Pal, M. D., Dwivedi, Tiwari, J. K. (2022): Gentiana ranae (Gentianaceae), a new species from India revealed by morphology and molecular phylogenetic analyses. Rheedea 32 (1): 1-17, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2022.32.01.1
