Ainsliaea daheishanensis (Asteraceae): a new species from China

By

Peng, Yulan
Yang, ChenXuan
Luo, Yan

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

138

Pages

233--239

Subjects

Ainsliaea daheishanensis , Asteraceae , China , new species

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.138.38566

 

Abstract

In this work, we describe a new species, Ainsliaea daheishanensis Y.L.Peng, C.X.Yang & Y.Luo, based on morphological traits. The new species was discovered in the mountains of Yunnan, near the border between Myanmar and China. The new species differs from the phenotypically closely-related Ainsliaea foliosa Handel-Mazzetti in the morphology of the leaf veins and phyllaries, those having a protruding abaxial reticulate pattern in the lower and median part of stem with white hairs and narrow inner phyllaries. A key to the three closed Ainsliaea species occurring in China is provided.