Summary. A new species, Crinum solapurense S. P. Gaikwad, K. U. Garad & R. D. Gore, is described from a swamp bordering the Bhima River in Solapur district of Maharashtra State, India. It resembles C. viviparum (Lam.) R. Ansari & V. J. Nair var. viviparum and C. lorifolium Roxb. ex Ker Gawl. but differs in having 1 – 10 bulblets on the mother bulb, sturdy and canaliculate 12 – 27 leaves, 10 – 30-flowered umbels, undivided stigma and 3 – 12-seeded fruits.
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The Authors thank the Principal, Walchand College of Arts & Science, Solapur for providing research facilities; Professor Inger Nordal, University of Oslo, Norway for comments on the identity of the species, providing literature and helping with preparation of the manuscript and J. F. Veldkamp (L) for the Latin diagnosis and naming species.
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Gaikwad, S.P., Garad, K.U. & Gore, R.D. Crinum solapurense (Amaryllidaceae), a new species from Maharashtra, India. Kew Bull 69, 9505 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-014-9505-1
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