Geum macrosepalum Ludlow (1976:271)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Acomastylis macrosepala (Ludlow) T.T.Yu & C.L.Li in Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 37: 225 (1985)
Conservation Status
Globally Rediscovered (Lahiri et al., 2026)
Distribution & Habitat
India
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Ludlow, F. (1976). Geum sikkimense and allied species (Rosaceae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Botany 5(5): 269-278.
Other references:
Dash, Sudhansu Sekhar et al. (2025). Flora of India 8: 1-531. Botanical Survey of India.
Fräßdorf, Doreen. (n.d.). Liste ausgestorbener Pflanzen der Neuzeit / List of extinct plants in modern times. Available at: https://www.artensterben.de/liste-ausgestorbener-pflanzen/ [Accessed 27 September 2026]
Grierson, A. J. C. and Long, D. G. (1987). Flora of Bhutan 1(3): 466-834. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
Lahiri, Subhajit, Das, Monalisa and Dash, Sudhansu Sekhar. (2026). Rediscovery of an eastern Himalayan endemic Geum macrosepalum (Rosaceae) after 120 years from Eastern Himalaya, India. Phytotaxa 756(1): 91-97. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.756.1.8
Lidén, M. & Bharali, P. (2020). Flowers of the Se La: 1-135. Uppsula University, Sweden.
Mao, A. A. and Dash, Sudhansu Sekhar. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
Kew Backbone Distributions
POWO. (2026). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 28 September 2026]
Wu, Z. and Raven, P. H. (eds.). (2003). Flora of China 9: 1-494. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).