Saussurea qilianshanensis T. Li & Y. S. Chen 2025, sp. nov.
Authors/Creators
- 1. 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
- 2. Central-Southern Safety and Environment Technology Institute Co., LTD, Wuhan 430064, China
- 3. Forestry and Grassland Bureau of Sunan County, Gansu Province, China
Description
Saussurea qilianshanensis T. Li & Y. S. Chen, sp. nov. (Fig. 2)
Type: — CHINA. Gansu, Sunan, Qifeng Township, Guilian Danxia, 39.536285°N, 98.536285°E, arid slope, elev. 2000–2300 m, 11 July 2021, Y. S. Chen et al. CYS21025 (Holotype: IBSC; Isotype: IBSC).
Description: —Herbs 15–40 cm tall, perennial. Rootstock stout, apically branched, densely covered with remains of leaf sheaths. Stems several or many, ca. 5 mm in diam., erect, simple or branched from the top, nearly glabrous. Basal and lower stem leaves petiolate, 3–8 cm long; leaf blade narrowly ovate-linear, 5–15 × 1–7 cm, pinnatisect, both surfaces sparsely arachnoid and gland-dotted; lobes 5–7 pairs, linear, margin entire or subentire, apex acute or obtuse with a mucronate. Middle and upper stem leaves gradually smaller upward on stem, pinnatisect or undivided. Capitula usually solitary or 2–3 in a corymbiform synflorescence. Involucre campanulate, 6–8 mm in diam. Phyllaries in 5 rows, green with purplish apex, arachnoid, margin membranous; outer phyllaries broadly ovate, apex acute with a mucronate; inner phyllaries linear-lanceolate, apex acute or acuminate. Corolla purple, ca. 14 mm long, tube ca. 7 mm long, limb ca. 7 mm long. Achene cylindrical. Pappus white; outer bristles ca. 3 mm long, setaceous; inner bristles ca. 11 mm long, plumose.
Etymology:—The name Saussurea qilianshanensis is derived from the Qilian Mountain in Gansu Province. In Chinese, it is named “fflḔƜKffiş” (qi lian shan feng mao ju).
Distribution and habitat: — Saussurea qilianshanensis was found in Sunan County, Gansu, China (Fig. 3). It grows on the stony slopes at an altitude of approximately 2140 m in the desert region.
Additional specimens examined (paratypes): — CHINA. Gansu, Sunan County, Qifeng Township, Hongshan Village, 39.428508°N, 98.635893°E, arid slope, elev. 1856–2000 m, 11 July 2021, Y. S. Chen et al. CYS21032 (IBSC); Gansu, Sunan County, Yumu Shan, elev. 2142 m, 10 July 2021, Y. S. Chen et al. CYS21012 (IBSC); Gansu, Sunan County, Yumu Shan, Foothill riverside, elev. 2140 m, 10 August 2022, Li T. & An G. Q. LT22238 (IBSC).
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- T, G, Q, IBSC , Y, S, IBSC
- Material sample ID
- LT22238
- Event date
- 2021-07-10 , 2021-07-11 , 2022-08-10
- Verbatim event date
- 2021-07-10 , 2021-07-11 , 2022-08-10
- Scientific name authorship
- T. Li & Y. S. Chen
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Saussurea
- Species
- qilianshanensis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic status
- sp. nov.
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Saussurea qilianshanensis Li & Chen, 2025