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Corydalis miaotaiensis sp. nov. (Papaveraceae) from the Qinling‐Daba mountains region, central China

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Corydalis miaotaiensis, a new species of C. sect. Asterostigma Fedde ex C.Y. Wu & H. Chuang (Papaveraceae) from the Qinling-Daba mountains region, central China, is described. It belongs in the C. temulifolia group of the section and is most closely similar to C. ternatifolia C.Y. Wu, Z.Y. Su & Lidén, but differs by having crested (vs. ecristate) outer petals, unbranched, suberect, erect and decumbent (vs. branched, ascending) stems, bipinnate (vs. biternate) rosette leaves and by the presence (vs. absence) of axillary bulbils, long stolons, and long shoots. This study suggests the need of fully botanizing growth habit for species description in Corydalis that is linked to plant life stages.

Source: Nordic Journal of Botany

DOI: 10.1111/njb.04520

Authors: Dong Wang, Xiaodong Xu, Niya Li, Liang Wang

Institutions: Shaanxi University of Technology, Central China Normal University, Lanzhou University

Language: English

Topic: Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions

Subfield: Molecular Biology

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: National Natural Science Foundation of China, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Award: G3248672869