A new species of Tricholepis (Asteraceae: Cardueae) from India Author Chaudhary, Lal Babu Taxonomy & Biodiversity Division, National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow – 226 001, India. dr_lbchaudhary@rediffmail.com Author Saklani, Arvind Quest Institute of Life Sciences, Nicholas Piramal India Limited, L. B. S. Marg, Muland (W), Mumbai – 400 080, India. asaklani@nicholaspiramal.co.in text Adansonia 2003 3 2003-12-26 25 2 233 237 journal article 310476 10.5281/zenodo.4605237 e2ef4ae2-0f0d-4209-a6dc-43c5905d0ee3 1639-4798 4605237

Table 1. — Comparision of Tricholepis raghavendrae with T. elongata and T. stictophyllum.

Characters	T. elongata	T. stictophyllum	T. raghavendrae
Habit	Erect, 50-150 cm long, branched, stem terete, sriate, sparsely to densely puberulous.	Erect, 4-35 cm long, simple or branched from the base, stem up to 21 cm long, terminating in a solitary inflorescence, angular, grooved, glabrous to glabrescent.	Erect, 49-65 cm long, simple or with a few branches, stem 20 cm long, terminating in a solitary inflorescence, almost terete, striate, pubescent.
Leaf	2-8.5 × 0.2-1.8 cm, cauline, subsessile, lanceolate or linear in upper portion, dentate to serrate or pinnatifid along margins, acute with a spiny structure at apex, glabrous to minutely puberulous above, tomentose below.	2-11 × 0.4-1.3 cm, crowded at base of stem, sparse above, sessile, linear ro linear oblong, entire or irregularly wavy along margins, acute to acuminate at apex, glabrous.	11.5-15.5 × 2-2.7 cm, crowded at base of stem, sparse above, distinctly petioled below (petioles 1.5- 5.5 cm long), sessile above, lanceolate or oblanceolate, pinnatifid at base and dentate along margins, acute or acuminate at apex, glabrous to sparsely pubescent above, pubescent below.
Capitulum	Almost sessile.	With 3-12.5 cm long peduncle.	With c. 29 cm long peduncle.
Phyllary	Outer ones c. 5 mm long, narrowly ovate with more acuminate apex, glabrous; inner ones c. 13 × 1 mm, linear oblong with acuminate apex, pubescent towards apex on outer surface. Glabrous on inner surface.	Outer ones c. 4.5 × 2 mm, ovate with acuminate apex, thick, glabrous or very minutely pubescent along margins near apex; inner ones c. 11 × 4 mm, linear oblong with narrow and flexuous apex, pubescent towards apex on outer surface, glabrous on inner surface.	Outer ones 2-2.5 × 2 mm, ovate with acuminate apex, hairy along margins and apex; inner ones 13-15 × 1-2 mm, oblong or oblong-lanceolate with subacuminate and slightly crumpled apex, minutely puberulous on outer surface, sparsely puberulous on inner surface only in middle region.
Corolla	Pale yellow, c. 22 mm long.	Purple, 15-16 mm long.	Purple, c. 19 mm long.
Achene	c. 4 × 1.5 mm, oblong, truncate at apex, smooth.	c. 5.5 × 1.5 mm, oblong, truncate at apex, distinctly many-ribbed.	3-4.2 × 1.5-2 mm, narrowly obovate, truncate at apex, faintly striate.
Pappus	4-20 mm long, shorter in outer whorls, connate at base, deciduous, barbellate.	Up to 14 mm long, shorter in outer whorls, free, persistent, feathery.	Minute to 7 mm long, shorter in outer whorls, free, persistent, barbellate.