Youngia hangii (Asteraceae, Crepidinae), a new species from Hubei, China

By

Liu, Qun
Huang, GuiYun
Zhang, Daigui
Zhang, Jianwen
Deng, Tao
Li, Zhimin

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

182

Pages

27--38

Subjects

Crepidinae , Hubei , molecular phylogeny , Morphology , new species , Youngia

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.71063

 

Abstract

Youngia hangii T.Deng, D.G.Zhang, Qun Liu & Z.M.Li, sp. nov., a new species of Asteraceae, is described and illustrated. It was collected in Wufeng County, Hubei Province, Eastern Central China. Youngia hangii is morphologically most similar to Y. rubida, but can be easily distinguished from the latter by capitula with 8–10 florets and the hairy leaf surface. Phylogenetic analyses, based on the internal transcribed spacers (ITS) and one chloroplast marker (rps16), showed that Y. hangii and Y. rubida were sister species with good support. The results of both phylogenetic analysis and the morphological data support the specific rank of Y. hangii.