taxonID	type	description	language	source
038D87D0FFD95037FF3BF8FAFF6DB2C7.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The new species shows some morphological similarities with S. cordata, but differs from the later by its biennial habit (vs. annual), plant height 10 – 20 cm (vs. 30 – 70 cm), 1 or 2 branches (vs. 8 – 25), leaf base rounded, obtuse or cuneate, 4 – 12 × 3 – 10 mm (vs. base cordate, 14 – 56 × 8 – 33 mm), 3 – 6 flowered inflorescence (vs. 8 – 12 flowered), 4 – 5 mm diam. pure white flowers (vs. 7 – 10 mm diam. yellowish-white), nectaries globose, fimbriate (vs. orbicular or rhomboid, membranous dentate) and polyhedral seeds with minutely thorny seed coats (vs. ellipsoid to globose, winged) (Table 1). Type: — INDIA. Himalaya Region: Jammu and Kashmir UT, Jammu Province, Udhampur District, Patnitop Hill proper, 33.08 ° N, 75.33 ° E, elev. 2202 m, 16 October 2014, Bikarma Singh 52757 (holotype: RRLH!, isotype RRLH!).	en	Singh, Bikarma (2021): Swertia patnitopiansis, a new species of Gentianaceae from North-Western Himalaya, India. Phytotaxa 498 (4): 273-280, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.498.4.5, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.498.4.5
