Material and Methods
Based on the field data gathered between 2018 and 2022 from natural
populations on the river’s sandy banks close to Jammu, the herbarium
sheets were prepared using prescribed methods (Jain and Rao 1977;
Bridson and Gorman 1999). The Indian Institute of Integrative Medicines
(IIIM) Janaki Ammal Herbarium has the voucher specimens of the new
species with the abbreviation RRLH indexed in Thiers 2018. Different
herbaria’s closely related species were consulted, including the Royal
Botanic Gardens, Kew (K), the Plants of the World Online with nos.
K000695495, and K000695496, Natural History Museum Viena(W0054043), and
the Harbier Museum Paris (P00834467). The herbarium and live specimens
were used in part for the study of plant morphology. With the aid of a
blade, the mericarp sections were generated for stereographic
examination. For a description and a glossary of terms for the new
species, Vogel (1980), Hickey 1973, Harris and Harris (2001) were
consulted. All measurements were taken from the fresh and dried
material.