Table 1 in A new species of Tricholepis (Asteraceae: Cardueae) from India

Table 1. — Comparision of Tricholepis raghavendrae with T. elongata and T. stictophyllum. CharactersT. elongataT. stictophyllumT. raghavendraeHabitErect, 50-150 cm long, branched, stem terete, sriate, sparsely to densely puberulous.Erect, 4-35 cm long, simple or branched from the base, stem up to 21 cm long, terminating in a solitary inflorescence, angular, grooved, glabrous to glabrescent.Erect, 49-65 cm long, simple or with a few branches, stem 20 cm long, terminating in a solitary inflorescence, almost terete, striate, pubescent.Leaf2-8.5 × 0.2-1.8 cm, cauline, subsessile, lanceolate or linear in upper portion, dentate to serrate or pinnatifid along margins, acute with a spiny structure at apex, glabrous to minutely puberulous above, tomentose below.2-11 × 0.4-1.3 cm, crowded at base of stem, sparse above, sessile, linear ro linear oblong, entire or irregularly wavy along margins, acute to acuminate at apex, glabrous.11.5-15.5 × 2-2.7 cm, crowded at base of stem, sparse above, distinctly petioled below (petioles 1.5- 5.5 cm long), sessile above, lanceolate or oblanceolate, pinnatifid at base and dentate along margins, acute or acuminate at apex, glabrous to sparsely pubescent above, pubescent below.CapitulumAlmost sessile.With 3-12.5 cm long peduncle.With c. 29 cm long peduncle.PhyllaryOuter ones c. 5 mm long, narrowly ovate with more acuminate apex, glabrous; inner ones c. 13 × 1 mm, linear oblong with acuminate apex, pubescent towards apex on outer surface. Glabrous on inner surface.Outer ones c. 4.5 × 2 mm, ovate with acuminate apex, thick, glabrous or very minutely pubescent along margins near apex; inner ones c. 11 × 4 mm, linear oblong with narrow and flexuous apex, pubescent towards apex on outer surface, glabrous on inner surface.Outer ones 2-2.5 × 2 mm, ovate with acuminate apex, hairy along margins and apex; inner ones 13-15 × 1-2 mm, oblong or oblong-lanceolate with subacuminate and slightly crumpled apex, minutely puberulous on outer surface, sparsely puberulous on inner surface only in middle region.CorollaPale yellow, c. 22 mm long.Purple, 15-16 mm long.Purple, c. 19 mm long.Achenec. 4 × 1.5 mm, oblong, truncate at apex, smooth.c. 5.5 × 1.5 mm, oblong, truncate at apex, distinctly many-ribbed.3-4.2 × 1.5-2 mm, narrowly obovate, truncate at apex, faintly striate.Pappus4-20 mm long, shorter in outer whorls, connate at base, deciduous, barbellate.Up to 14 mm long, shorter in outer whorls, free, persistent, feathery.Minute to 7 mm long, shorter in outer whorls, free, persistent, barbellate.