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SEVEN NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS GAGEA SALISB. (LILIACEAE) FROM WESTERN HIMALAYAS AND ADJOINING REGIONS

I. G. LEVICHEV* AND S. I. ALI**

Abstract: Seven new species of the genus Gagea are described from Western Himalayas and adjoining regions. Four species (G. punjabica Levichev & Ali, G. quettica Levichev & Ali, G. wallichii Levichev & Ali, G. baluchistanica Levichev & Ali) belong to the section Platyspermum; two species (G. rawalpindica Levichev & Ali and G. pakistanica Levichev & Ali belong to section Graminifoliae and G. drummondii Levichev & Ali belongs to section Plecostigma.
 

Herbarium, Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Prof. Popov Str. 2, Saint Petersburg 197376, Russia.
Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan.
Corresponding Author: ilevichev@yandex.ru