A new species of Arisaema Mart . (Araceae) belonging to sect. Fimbriata is described and illustrated here from the Siaha District, Mizoram, India. This new species is characterized by an evergreen, dioecious herbaceous habit, up to 1.08 m high, having a subglobose tuber, with a solitary trifoliate leaf. The characteristic spadix appendix is 15–21 cm long, pendulous, whip‐like, and exserted, bearing dense, filiform, brownish‐green 3.5–5.8 cm bristly projections. This new species belongs to the ‘ Fimbriata ' section under Arisaema and the allied species are Arisaema nonghinense , Arisaema tsangpoense , and Arisaema lihengianum .
Sengupta et al. (Wed,) studied this question.