Peliosanthes macrophylla var. assamensis, a new variety from Behali Reserve Forest in Assam, Northeast India, is described with accompanying photos and relevant taxonomic data. It differs from var. macrophylla from Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim, Northeast India, mainly by the staminal corona internally protruding near the middle (vs internally upright corona without a particular inward protrusion), shorter anthers somewhat divergent distally (vs nearly upright anthers), and longer, papillulate pistils exceeding the anthers (vs glabrous pistils not exceeding the anthers).

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doi.org/10.3767/blumea.2020.65.02.05
Blumea: Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants

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Borah, D., Taram, M., Tangjang, S., Upadhyaya, A., & Tanaka, N. (2020). Peliosanthes macrophylla var. assamensis (Asparagaceae), a new variety from Behali Reserve Forest in Assam, Northeast India. Blumea: Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants, 65(2), 121–125. doi:10.3767/blumea.2020.65.02.05