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Issue: Vol. 472 No. 3: 25 November 2020
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2020-11-25
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.472.3.9
Page range: 295–298
Abstract views: 42
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Saussurea sagittifolia (Asteraceae, Cardueae), a new species from the Bashan Mountains region of China

Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China; Center of Conservation Biology, Core Botanical Gardens, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
Chongqing Three Gorges Medical College, Chongqing 404120, China.
Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China; Center of Conservation Biology, Core Botanical Gardens, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
Saussurea sect. Rosulescentes Sichuan taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

Saussurea sagittifolia (Asteraceae, Cardueae), a new species from the Bashan Mountains region in China, is described and illustrated. This species belongs to Saussurea subg. Saussurea sect. Rosulescentes and is similar to S. oligocephala, but differs by its basal leaves triangular-ovate, margin with 8–15 pairs of small sharp teeth, apex acuminate, base with auricular protrusion (vs. basal leaves ovate to obovate-elliptic, margin sinuate or coarsely dentate, apex acute to obtuse, base cuneate-attenuate), cauline leaves more than 10, triangular, lanceolate, linear to subulate (vs. cauline leaves 2–4, linear).