Pedicularis raghvendrae (Orobanchaceae ), a new species from Sikkim Himalaya, India

Pedicularis raghvendrae , is described as a new species from the Sikkim Himalaya, India. The new species belongs to Pedicularis series Furfurae and is closely related to P. pantlingii , but differs by its shorter size, smaller leaves, smaller, villous, 4-toothed calyx, shorter calyx teeth, corolla white with light pinkish tinge, galea deflexed opposite to the midlobe of labium, midlobe of labium broadly elliptic-ovate, apex acute-obtuse, base distinctly stipitate, stamens inserted at base of corolla tube and filaments longer, all glabrous.