<p><strong>Twenty-six new species of Saussurea (Asteraceae, Cardueae) from the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and adjacent regions</strong></p>

Yousheng Chen; Qian Yuan

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.213.3.1

Issue: Vol. 213 No. 3: 17 June 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-06-17

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.213.3.1

Page range: 159–211

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Twenty-six new species of Saussurea (Asteraceae, Cardueae) from the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and adjacent regions

Yousheng Chen⁺⁻
Qian Yuan⁺⁻

State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 20 Nanxincun, Xiangshan, Beijing 100093, China

State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 20 Nanxincun, Xiangshan, Beijing 100093, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.

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Abstract

Twenty-six new species of Saussurea (Asteraceae, Cardueae) from the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and adjacent regions are described and illustrated. Our molecular phylogenetic analysis based on the nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and two chloroplast DNA fragments (trnL-F and psbA-trnH) has shown that most of the new species are well recognized in the molecular tree, with their taxonomic affinities also largely revealed.