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Issue: Vol. 487 No. 2: 24 February 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-02-24
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.487.2.6
Page range: 157–163
Abstract views: 37
PDF downloaded: 3

Rediscovery of Pimpinella crispulifolia (Apiaceae) after one century, and its new phylogenetic placement in Sium

School of Pharmaceutical Science and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Pharmacology for Natural Products, Kunming Medical University, 1168 Western Chunrong Road, Yuhua Street, Chenggong New City, Kunming 650500, China.
School of Pharmaceutical Science and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Pharmacology for Natural Products, Kunming Medical University, 1168 Western Chunrong Road, Yuhua Street, Chenggong New City, Kunming 650500, China.
School of Pharmaceutical Science and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Pharmacology for Natural Products, Kunming Medical University, 1168 Western Chunrong Road, Yuhua Street, Chenggong New City, Kunming 650500, China.
School of Pharmaceutical Science and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Pharmacology for Natural Products, Kunming Medical University, 1168 Western Chunrong Road, Yuhua Street, Chenggong New City, Kunming 650500, China.
Yunnan Academy of Forestry and Grassland, Kunming 650201, China.
Apiaceae endemic species molecular phylogeny Pimpinella crispulifolia Sium crispulifolium Eudicots

Abstract

Pimpinella crispulifolia, a species known only from the holotype locality (Laoguishan of Shilin County) collected in 1906, was rediscovered in Luquan County of Kunming City, China. To examine its systematic position, a phylogenetic reconstruction was performed based on nrDNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region under the framework phylogeny of Apiaceae subfamily Apioideae. It showed an affinity to Sium species of Oenantheae. Morphological similarity is reflected in its fascicled roots, simple pinnate leaves, long and reflexed styles, and ovoid, laterally compressed fruits with prominent and corky-thickened ribs. Therefore, a new combination of Sium crispulifolium (H.de Boissieu) J. Zhou is proposed with full taxonomic treatments. Its morphological description is also amended and completed with both living individuals and newly collected specimens.