Revisionary insights into the genus Ledebouria (Asparagaceae) from India Author Chakral, Kiran Gangadhar 0000-0003-2088-3405 R. D & S. H. National College, Bandra (W), Mumbai- 400050, Maharashtra, India kiranchakral.kc@gmail.com Author Dutta, Suchandra Ranjit 0000-0001-6448-2203 R. D & S. H. National College, Bandra (W), Mumbai- 400050, Maharashtra, India suchandra.dutta@rdnational.ac.in Author Rodrigues, Hensal 0000-0002-1692-3227 R. D & S. H. National College, Bandra (W), Mumbai- 400050, Maharashtra, India rodrigueshensal@gmail.com Author Dwivedi, Mayank 0000-0002-9638-754X Department of Science & Technology, Mehrauli, Delhi, India mayank_dwivedi10@yahoo.com text Phytotaxa 2024 2024-03-14 641 1 1 21 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.641.1.1 journal article 301788 10.11646/phytotaxa.641.1.1 4b96081e-0ee9-4242-b433-b1aa4a776a4d 1179-3163 13213703 Ledebouria hyacinthina var. hyderabadensis (M.V Ramana, Prasanna & Venu) S.R.Dutta, Chakral & H. Rodrigues var. et. stat. nov . ≡ Ledebouria hyderabadensis M.V Ramana, Prasanna & Venu (2012: 561) , basionym. ( Figure 6 .) Type :— INDIA . Telangana, Hyderabad, Damaiguda hills, 27 July 2009 , P.V Prasanna & V.N Rao, 1459, ( Holotype : CAL0000024579!; Isotype : BSID0002007!) Description: —Bulb 1.5–2 cm long; leaves 5–6, 10–15 × 0.5–1 cm , linear-lanceolate, apex acute, apex angle <90, blotches absent, bulbil absent, margin straight; inflorescence 2–3, erect or flaccid, bearing ca 25 flowers, absence of sterile flower, ovary top shaped with beak at base. Distribution: — India , Telangana, Hyderabad, Damaiguda hill, Osmania university. Habitat: —Growing on boulders where sandy soil is accumulated. Phenology: —July to August. Associates: — Cyperus meeboldii Kükenthal (1922:345) , Ophioglossum costatum Robert Brown (1810: 163) , Striga asiatica ( Linnaeus 1753:630 ) Kuntze (1891:466) Specimens examined: — INDIA . Telangana, Hyderabad, Rajendranagar hill, 21 July 2016 , P.T Giranje, 1412 (NGCPR00147!, NGCPR00148!), 15 June 2018 , P.T Giranje, 1435 (NGCPR00149!, NGCPR00150!).Damaiguda hill, 10 July 2022 , Suchandra et al, SHK31 ( RDNCP !). Notes: — Ledebouria hyderabadensis was described on the basis of number of flowers (25 per inflorescence), shape of the leaf, absence of bulbil and blotches on the leaf. However, our phylogenetic & morphological work reveals that this taxon is nested within the Ledebouria hyacinthina clade along with other members of Ledebouria from India ( Figure 2 , 3 ). Beaked carpel a unique character only observed in this taxon can be used to relegate its status as a variety of L. hyacinthina .