Ligularia monocephala (Asteraceae, Senecioneae), a remarkable new species from Hubei, China
Author:
Fei Wen-Qun,Deng Tao,Wang Long
Abstract
Ligularia monocephala, a remarkable new species from Hubei, China, is described and illustrated. It is readily distinguishable in the whole genus by character combination of the reniform to cordate-reniform leaf blades which are palmately-pinnately veined and abaxially purplish red, the solitary and erect capitula, and the pappus which are as long as or slightly longer than tube of the tubular corolla. A detailed description and distribution map of the species are also presented herein.
Funder
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Publisher
Pensoft Publishers
Subject
Plant Science,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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