New combinations in Sino–Himalayan genus Shivparvatia (Caryophyllaceae)

Abstract

Three new combinations under the genus Shivparvatia are proposed here to solve taxonomic ambiguity in the genus Arenaria sensu lato. The species Arenaria melandryiformis, Arenaria monantha and Arenaria melandryoides were previously transferred to the genus Odontostemma. The present work is aimed to solve this ambiguity.

Keywords:

• Arenaria
• new combination
• Odontostemma

Acknowledgements

The authors are thankful to K.N. Gandhi (GH) for nomenclature advice and the anonymous reviewers for suggesting improvements to the text. The authors are also thankful to the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanical Garden, Kew (K); National Museum of Natural History (P) Paris, France, and Gray Herbarium (GH), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA, for providing online access to their herbaria.