Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on Pedicularis (Orobanchaceae): I. One new species from northwest Yunnan, China

Xin Li; Hong Wang; De-Zhu Li; Wen-Bin Yu

doi:10.3897/phytokeys.130.35258

Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on Pedicularis (Orobanchaceae): I. One new species from northwest Yunnan, China

PhytoKeys. 2019 Aug 29:130:205-215. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.130.35258. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Xin Li^{1

2}, Hong Wang³, De-Zhu Li⁴, Wen-Bin Yu^{1

5}

Affiliations

¹ Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan 666303, China.
² University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shijingshan District, Beijing 100049, China.
³ Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China.
⁴ Plant Germplasm and Genomics Center, Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China.
⁵ Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Science, Yezin, Nay Pyi Taw 05282, Myanmar.

Abstract

Pedicularis multicaulis W.B.Yu, H.Wang & D.Z.Li (series Oliganthae Prain) is a new species described and illustrated herein. This new species is endemic to northwest Yunnan and only two populations were found in Weixi county. Phylogenetic analyses support P. multicaulis as a new species, sister to P. taihaiensis Bonati and P. macilenta Franch. Morphological comparisons between P. multicaulis and P. macilenta and P. taihaiensis also support P. multicaulis as a new species to science.

Keywords: Orobanchaceae; Mountains of Southwest China; Pedicularis multicaulis; phylogenetic analysis.

Grants and funding

the Large-scale Scientific Facilities of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2017-LSFGBOWS-02) Chinese Academy of Sciences Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDB31000000) National Natural Science Foundation China (31470323)