Cousinia hystricocephala (section Tianschanicae, Asteraceae), a new species from Central Asia

Abstract

A new species of Cousinia section Tianschanicae is described from Western Tian-Shan (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan). This species belongs to the C. tianschanica-complex and was previously misidentified as C. strobilocephala. A species description, distribution map, and images of a herbarium specimen and a plant in nature are provided.