Notes on Asteraceae-Cardueae from Pakistan and Kashmir: Some additions and corrections

During the preparation of an account of the tribe Cardueae (Family Asteraceae) for the Flora of Pakistan two new species viz., Lipschitziella congesta Qaiser, A. Ghafoor & R. B. Abid and Dolomiaea megacephala Qaiser, A. Ghafoor & Roohi B. Abid and two varieties Lipschitziella ceratocarpa (Decne.) Kamelin var. astorii Roohi B. Abid & Qaiser and Lipschitziella congesta Qaiser, A. Ghafoor & Roohi B. Abid var. pinnatisecta Roohi B. Abid & Qaiser are described. A new combination Himalaiella diffusa (Lipschitz) A. Ghafoor, Roohi B. Abid & Qaiser and two status nova are also proposed in Saussurea DC. and Tricholepis DC. Moreover, eleven taxa representing the genera Carduus L., Cousinia Cass., Echinops L., Jurinea Cass. and Ticholepis DC., are recorded for the first time from Pakistan. For the new species line drawings, photographs of types and SEM micrographs of cypselas and pappus are also provided.