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Issue: Vol. 736 No. 1: 24 Dec. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-12-24
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.736.1.8
Page range: 88-94
Abstract views: 130
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Saussurea qilianshanensis (Asteraceae, Cardueae), a new species of Saussurea from Gansu, China

Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China; Center of Conservation Biology, Core Botanical Gardens, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Central-Southern Safety and Environment Technology Institute Co., LTD, Wuhan 430064, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China; Center of Conservation Biology, Core Botanical Gardens, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Forestry and Grassland Bureau of Sunan County, Gansu Province, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China; Center of Conservation Biology, Core Botanical Gardens, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Asteraceae Gansu Saussurea taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

Saussurea qilianshanensis, a new species from Gansu, China, is described and illustrated herein. It differs from S. yabulaiensis by its stems 15–40 cm tall (vs. 12–20 cm), leaf lobes linear (vs. linear or narrowly lanceolate), leaf surfaces sparsely arachnoid and gland-dotted (vs. sparsely gland-dotted or glabrous), phyllaries purple and arachnoid (vs. green and glandular hairy). Molecular systematic analyses based on Hyb-Seq data confirm that S. qilianshanensis is a new species belonging to S. subg. Theodorea.

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How to Cite

Du, S.-Y., Li, T., Xu, L.-S., An, G.-Q. & Chen, Y.-S. (2025) Saussurea qilianshanensis (Asteraceae, Cardueae), a new species of Saussurea from Gansu, China. Phytotaxa 736 (1): 88–94. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.736.1.8