Ledebouria karnatakensis Punekar & Lakshminarasimhan (2011: 500) Revisionary insights into the genus Ledebouria (Asparagaceae) from India Chakral, Kiran Gangadhar Dutta, Suchandra Ranjit Rodrigues, Hensal Dwivedi, Mayank Phytotaxa 2024 2024-03-14 641 1 1 21 3SWJL (Punekar & Lakshmin.) S. Dutta, K. Chakral & H. Rodrigues S. Dutta, K. Chakral & H. Rodrigues Punekar & Lakshmin. [136,1295,777,804] Liliopsida Asparagaceae karnatakensis Ledebouria Plantae Asparagales 12 13 Tracheophyta form hyacinthina   ≡  Ledebouria karnatakensis Punekar & Lakshminarasimhan (2011: 500), basionym.   Type:— INDIA. Karnataka, Uttar Kanada, Anshi National Park, Ulavi Road, 6 June 2006, Sachin A Punekar 5168( Holotype: CAL!)   Description:—Bulb 2–4 × 1.5–3 cm; leaves 2–4, 15–20 × 1–2.5 cm, lanceolate, apex acute, apex angle <90, blotches present during the time of flowering, bulbil present, margin straight or slightly bend; inflorescence 1–2, erect or flaccid, bearing ca 40 flowers, sterile flower present at the base; ovary ellipsoid without beak at base.   Distribution:—Amboli road, along the roadside Ulavi-Kumbharwada road.   Habitat:—Growing on the open basalt rocky outcrops as well as on soil under the shades of trees.  Phenology:—May to July.   Associates:—  Senna tora( Linnaeus 1753: 376) Roxburgh (1832:340),  Cyperus nemoralis Chermezon (1921: 553)and species of  Cyperus Linnaeus (1753: 44)   Specimens examined:— INDIA.  Karnataka:Uttar Kanada, 17 June 2018, Nandikar, 1437, 1438(NGCPR!); Anshi, 17-06-2016, Nandikar, 1437(NGCPR!). 6 June 2023, Suchandra et al., SHK 24 ( RDNCP!).   Notes:—  Ledebouria karnatakensiswas described on the basis of presence of blotches, bulbil and number of flowers. However, after a detailed morphological study, we conclude that it resembles  Ledebouria hyacinthinapopulation collected from Kankavli, Maharashtra( Table 3.) Phylogenetically,  L. karnatakensisis nested within  L. hyacinthina. Thus, we reduce the status to a variety level.