Lappula effusa (Boraginaceae), a new species from Xinjiang, China

By

Liu, Danhui
Zhou, Yi-Xin
Shang, Shu-Jing
Wu, Jia-Ju
Li, Wenjun

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

243

Pages

105--112

Subjects

Boraginaceae , China , Lappula , new taxon , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.243.123468

 

Abstract

Lappula effusa D.H.Liu & W.J.Li, a new species of Boraginaceae from Xinjiang, China, is described and illustrated in this study. The new species is morphologically similar to Lappula himalayensis and L. tadshikorum. However, it can be distinguished from the compared species by several characteristics, such as: stem single, erect, frequently branched at middle and above, densely spreading hispid, hairs discoid at base; corolla white or blue; fruit compressed, heteromorphic nutlets with two rows of marginal glochids, nutlets acute ovoid, disc narrowly ovate-triangular. The diagnosis of the new species is supported with comprehensive investigation including photographs, detailed description, notes on etymology, distribution and habitat, conservation status, as well as comparisons with morphologically similar species.