Saussurea talungensis (Asteraceae), a new species from Humla, Nepal Himalayas
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Hum Kala Rana1,2, Santosh Kumar Rana1, Hang Sun1
1Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS, #132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 650201, China Kunming Institute of Botany Kunming China.
Abstract:
A new species Saussurea talungensis S.K.Ghimire & H.K.Rana, sp. nov. (sect. Strictae), from Talung valley of Humla district, Nepal, is described and illustrated. Morphologically, this species resembles Saussurea roylei and Saussurea lanata in habit, though it can be distinguished in having longer leaf petioles, purplish leaf margin, 1 or 3 capitula, shorter phyllaries, shorter receptacle bristles and the same anthers, comparatively shorter corolla with shorter lobes. Phylogenomic analysis also supports S. talungensis as a distinct species of Saussurea. Here, we provide taxonomic note, distribution map and phylogenomic inference to distinguish the new species and its allied members.
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