Six new species of Globba L. (Zingiberales, Zingiberaceae) from the Eastern Himalayas and Northeast India Author Yadav, Ritu https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3317-183X Tropical Ecology and Evolution Lab, Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, 462066, Madhya Pradesh, India Author Gowda, Vinita 0000-0001-8533-0014 Tropical Ecology and Evolution Lab, Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, 462066, Madhya Pradesh, India text PhytoKeys 2024 2024-09-04 246 197 228 journal article 302262 10.3897/phytokeys.246.118751 3b6f8225-5f3f-4eb2-a489-d35b0741ffc0 PMC11391125 39268083

Table 4. Comparison of morphological characteristics of G. yadaviana sp. nov. with G. rahmanii, G. lancangensis and G. expansa. Characters not described in the original protologue or in subsequent descriptions of the same species, are marked as not known.

Characters	G. yadaviana Y. Ritu & V. Gowda	G. rahmanii Yusuf (Yusuf 2004)	G. lancangensis Y. Y. Qian (according to Sangvirotjanapat et al. 2019)	G. expansa Wall. (according to Sangvirotjanapat et al. 2019)
Ligule length (mm)	4–5	3	2	1–6
Peduncle length (cm)	Absent	Not known	1.5–3	3
Inflorescence length (cm)	6–35	8–19	10–20	10–27
Rachis color and indumentum	Green, densely pubescent	Green, pubescent	Light green, minutely pubescent;	Green, glabrous
Bract dimensions (mm) and color	2.3–2.5 × 0.7–0.8, elliptic, green, pubescent	2–5 – 3 × 2, ovate, green, sparsely hairy	1.5 × 1–2, caducous	10, caducous
Calyx length (mm)	2–2.5	3.5–5	4	4
Flower color	Yellowish orange	Yellow	Primrose or pale yellow	Yellowish orange
Lateral staminode dimensions (mm)	14–15 × 5.5–5.6	13–19 × 9–10	10–13 × 4–5	11–12 × 4–5
Dorsal corolla lobe keel	Present	Absent	Present	Present
Filament length (mm)	20	18	23	26–28
Anther length (mm)	1.9–2	2	2	1–2
Crest length (mm)	Absent	Not known	1	1
Ovary dimensions (mm)	3.5–3.7	1	3	4
Fruit shape	Pod shape, more linear with undulate margins	Oblong, with smooth margins	Globose	Ellipsoid
Bulbil	Absent	Absent	Absent	Bulbils occasionally