Discussion
Psammogeton is a small genus (sixteen species) endemic to Asia.
According to the qualitative and quantitative traits, the new species
was recognised as emerging from Jammu, based on morphological and
anatomical studies. Further information on phenology, ecology, floral
components, and fruit shape is also included. The fruit is as long as
three times as wide and grooved stem. In conclusion, all of these
comparable characteristics (Table 1) justify its isolation from closely
related species were established. The subtropical regions of Jammu and
Kashmir, India, are where it is really found to be distributed. There
may have been less taxonomists interested in Umbelliferae in the past.
Our population of new species is clearly different from the other known
species of Psammogeton , which confirms that this region is
remarkably crucial for diversity and evolutionary tendencies. A few
species of this genus have already been described from this region of
north-west India including (Hamal and Koul 1989), (Ahmed and Koul 1980)
from Jammu and Kashmir (Babu 1977) from Dehra Dun of Uttarakhand State,
(Sharma and Kachroo 1981) from Jammu and (Bhellum and Magotra 2023a,b)
from both Samba and Jammu districts of Jammu and Kashmir. Majority of
the species in this genus are distinguished by their white tinged purple
or pink blooms. The white tinged pale yellow blooms in Psammogeton
rani-magotrae set it apart from the other species of this genus that
are currently accepted.