On the rediscovery of a rare root parasite Gleadovia ruborum Gamble & Prain (Orobanchaceae) from Uttarakhand, western Himalaya, India

Authors

  • Amit Kumar Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248002, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7517-4345
  • Navendu Page Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248002, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9413-7571
  • Bhupendra S. Adhikari Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248002, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5632-0044
  • Manoj V. Nair Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, Uttarakhand 248179, India.
  • Gopal S. Rawat Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248002, India.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.6686.13.8.19185-19188

Keywords:

Root parasite, Western Himalaya, Orobanchaceae

Abstract

Gleadovia ruborum Gamble & Prain (Orobanchaceae), a rare root parasite is recorded after a gap of 57 years from a new locality in Uttarakhand, western Himalaya.  A total of four individuals were located in a shady moist forest of Abies pindrow-Quercus floribunda at Surkanda hill near Mussoorie.  All the individual plants were growing on the roots of Rubus pedunculosus D. Don.  The current communication provides an updated description, habitat characteristics and host species of Gleadovia ruborum.

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