Cardamine gouldii is a plant species endemic to Bhutan. It is known only from a single specimen in the herbarium of Kew Botanic Garden in London, collected in 1938 in the Bumthang District.[1][2][3][4]

Cardamine gouldii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Cardamine
Species:
C. gouldii
Binomial name
Cardamine gouldii
Al-Shehbaz

Cardamine gouldii is a perennial herb. Middle leaves have 5 leaflets, upper leaves have 3 leaflets. Petiole is 1–3 cm long, slightly winged, not auriculate. Leaflets are oblong to lanceolate, up to 5 cm long. Flowers white, with oblong petals up to 15 mm long.[1][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan Ali. 2001. Cardamine goldii (Brassicaceae), a new species from Bhutan. Novon 11: 289-291
  2. ^ Warwick, S. I., A. Francis & I. A. Al-Shehbaz. 2006. Brassicaceae: Species checklist and database on CD-Rom. Plant Systematics and Evolution 259: 249–258.
  3. ^ JSTOR Global plants, holotype of Cardamine gouldii
  4. ^ Bhutan Living National Treasures
  5. ^ Kurosaki, N, & H Ohba. 1989. Cardamine nepalensis, a new species from Nepal Himalaya (Cruciferae). Journal of Japanese Botany 64:135-138.