Introduction
Approximately 466 genera and 3820 species comprise up the Apiaceae,
which are widely spread in temperate Eurasia and North America (Plunkett
et al. 2018). According to Mukherjee and Constance (1993), there are 240
species and 68 genera in the genus in India. India is home to seven
endemic genera of the family Apiaceae, including Karnataka P. K.
Mukh. & Constance , Kedarnatha P. K. Mukh. & Constance,Polyzygygus Dalzell, Sivadasania Mohanan & Pimenov,Vanasushava P. K. Mukh. & Constance, Shrirangia Gosavi,
Madhav & Chandore and Pinda P. K. Mukh. & Constance. Fruit and
petal hairiness are unique characteristics worthy of special mention.
These morphological characters are unknown to any other genus in
combination.
One of the authors (BLB) gathered a few intriguing Apiaceae specimens
while doing a floristic study of Jammu and Kashmir. These specimens
resembled Psammogeton species in appearance. These specimens were
discovered to be distinct from their sister taxa, namelyPsammogeton , Aphanopleura , and Pimpinella , after
rigorous examination in the Government College for Women’s Life Sciences
Research Lab in Parade Ground, Jammu. However, the unidentified genus
had some similarities to other genera such as Pimpinella ,Psammogeton, and Aphanopleura of the tribe Pimpinelleae of
Apiaceae. Based on the characteristics of fruit form, indumentum and its
variants, carpophore, stigmas, fruits straw coloured, sparsely hairy,
shining fruit, and sparsely hairy petals. The shape of fruit elliptic,
oblong, and oblanceolate, with the ridges being obscure. Additionally,
considering some more overall points of difference (Table 1), it is
proven that we had discovered a new genus.
Perusal of floristic literature Boissier (1872), Drude (1898), Clarke
(1879), Kitamura (1960), Heywood and Dakshini (1971), Babu (1977),
Sharma and Kachroo (1981), Mukherjee and Constance (1983, 1986, 1993),
Rechinger (1987), Pimenov and Leonov (1993, 2004), Katz-Downie et al.
(1999), Ohba (1999), Downie et al. (2000, 2010), Zakharova et al.
(2012), Yesil et al. (2018), Pimenov et al. (2019), Mousavi et al.
(2022), Gosavi et al. (2020, 2022) reveal each made finding regarding
the genera and species of this family that differed from what was
previously known.