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Issue: Vol. 691 No. 3: 7 Mar. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-03-07
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.691.3.6
Page range: 293-300
Abstract views: 287
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Potentilla sanczirii (Rosaceae), a new species from high Mountain range in Western Mongolia

Department of Biology, School of Mathematics and Natural Science, Mongolian National University of Education, Ulaanbaatar 14191, Mongolia
Department of Biology, School of Mathematics and Natural Science, Mongolian National University of Education, Ulaanbaatar 14191, Mongolia
Laboratory of Plant Systematic and Phylogeny, Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Ulaanbaatar 13330, Mongolia. State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100093, China. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
Department of Biology, School of Mathematics and Natural Science, Mongolian National University of Education, Ulaanbaatar 14191, Mongolia
Laboratory of Plant Systematic and Phylogeny, Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Ulaanbaatar 13330, Mongolia
Laboratory of Plant Systematic and Phylogeny, Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Ulaanbaatar 13330, Mongolia
Phylogenetic analysis Taxonomy Western Mongolia Eudicots

Abstract

The genus Potentilla L. is one of the genus with controversial taxonomic position in family Rosaceae, and show a rich species diversity, adapting in mountains hills, high-altitude mountains and arid communities in Palearctic region. Potentilla sanczirii is described and illustrated as new species from Western Mongolian high mountain range. We used conventional morphometric and molecular phylogeny methods to describe new species. With this new contribution, we added a species to the genus Potentilla. L, which makes it with 79 elements in Mongolia. It is morphologically similar to P. nivea, such as, basal leaves ternate, Lower leaflet surface covered with whitish or grayish tomentose. However, differs in multiple caudex covered with dark-brown remains of decayed stipules, and the upper surface of its leaves is adorned with long, silky hairs (light grey). This species' mature nuts (achenes) are light green, approximately 1.0 mm long, and have a smooth surface.A Bayesian Inference tree was reconstructed to further understand the phylogenetic relationships within the genus, and a time-calibrated phylogenetic tree of the subtribe Potentillinae, including 15 species of Pot entilla from Mongolia. The time-calibrated phylogenetic tree suggests that the newly discovered P. sanczirii originated approximately 6.50 million years ago during the late Miocene.

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How to Cite

Vanjil, G., Ganbold, O., Chuluunbat, J., Tsogtbayar, D., Tovuudorj, M.-E. & Magsar, U. (2025) Potentilla sanczirii (Rosaceae), a new species from high Mountain range in Western Mongolia. Phytotaxa 691 (3): 293–300. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.691.3.6