Cardamine mangshanensis, a new species of Brassicaceae from limestone landform in Southern Hunan, China

By

Liu, Ang
Li, Xiong
Deng, Guoxing
Chen, Jun
Liu, Zan
Yu, Xun-Lin
Wu, Lei

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-5-21

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

256

Pages

131--139

Subjects

Cardamine , limestone landform , new species , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.256.153110

 

Abstract

Cardamine mangshanensis, a new species, is described and illustrated from the limestone landform in southern Hunan, China. The new species is similar to C. macrophylla, but differs from the latter in having more prominent tubers, shorter plant height (10–25 cm vs. 30–95 cm), fewer cauline leaves (3–4 vs. 3–18), crenate leaf margin (vs. serrate), fewer flowers (4–10 vs. 10–30), an earlier flowering period (late February to mid-March vs. April to June) and a shorter growth cycle (ca. 4 months vs. ca. 8 months). Following the IUCN Red List Criteria, C. mangshanensis is assessed as ‘Vulnerable, VU B2ab(ii)’.