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Issue: Vol. 348 No. 4: 4 May 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-05-04
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.348.4.5
Page range: 289–296
Abstract views: 24
PDF downloaded: 1

Aquilegia yangii (Ranunculaceae), a new species from western China

Yunnan Academy of Biodiversity, Southwest Forestry University, Bailongsi 300, Kunming, Yunnan 650224, China
Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Mengla, Yunnan 666303,China
Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Mengla, Yunnan 666303,China
Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Mengla, Yunnan 666303,China
Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS, Zolotodolinskaya st. 101, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia Tomsk State University, Laboratory of Phylogeny and Systematics, Lenin st. 36, Tomsk, 634050, Russia
Eudicots Aquilegia kansuensis Aquilegia oxysepala flower characters seed surface morphology taxonomy

Abstract

Aquilegia yangii (Ranunculaceae), a new species from western China, is described and illustrated. The new species is similar to A. oxysepala and A. kansuensis. However, there are differences in reproductive structure, especially flower size, petal shape, anther colour and seed surface, between the new species and the other two species. The seed surface morphology of the new species is also described in this study.