A new species of Ranunculus (Ranunculaceae) from Western Pamir-Alay, Uzbekistan

Natalia V Shchegoleva; Elena V Nikitina; Inom J Juramurodov; Andrei A Zverev; Orzimat T Turginov; Anvarbek M Jabborov; Ziyoviddin Yusupov; Davron B Dekhkonov; Tao Deng; Hang Sun

doi:10.3897/phytokeys.193.70757

A new species of Ranunculus (Ranunculaceae) from Western Pamir-Alay, Uzbekistan

PhytoKeys. 2022 Apr 1:193:125-139. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.193.70757. eCollection 2022.

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¹ Department of Botany, Institute of Biology, Tomsk State University, 36 Lenin Ave., Tomsk 634050, Russia Tomsk State University Tomsk Russia.
² Laboratory of Cadastre and Monitoring of Rare Plant Species, Institute of Botany of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 32 Durmon Yuli St., Tashkent, 100125, Uzbekistan Laboratory of Cadastre and Monitoring of Rare Plant Species, Institute of Botany of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan Tashkent Uzbekistan.
³ Laboratory Flora of Uzbekistan, Institute of Botany of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 32 Durmon Yuli St., Tashkent, 100125, Uzbekistan Laboratory Flora of Uzbekistan, Institute of Botany of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan Tashkent Uzbekistan.
⁴ University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.
⁵ Central Siberian Botanical Garden, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences Novosibirsk Russia.
⁶ Laboratory of Molecular Phylogeny and Biogeography, Institute of Botany of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 32 Durmon Yuli St., Tashkent, 100125, Uzbekistan Laboratory of Molecular Phylogeny and Biogeography, Institute of Botany of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan Tashkent Uzbekistan.
⁷ CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences Kunming China.

Abstract

New data on the phylogeny of four rare and endemic species of RanunculusL.sect.Ranunculastrum DC. of western Pamir-Alai, one of which is new to science, have been obtained. Ranunculustojibaevii sp. nov., from the Baysuntau Mountains, Western Hissar Range of Uzbekistan, is described. The new species is closely related to R.botschantzevii Ovcz., R.convexiusculus Kovalevsk. and R.alpigenus Kom., but differs in the blade of the radical leaves, which is rounded-reniform, segments 3-5-dissected, each 2-5-partite with elongated, rounded apical lobes. A phylogenetic analysis, using both the nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and cpDNA (matK, rbcL, trnL-trnF), was informative in placing R.tojibaevii in context with its most closely-related species. Discussion on the geographic distribution, updated identification key, a detailed description, insights about its habitat and illustrations are provided.

Keywords: Endemic; Hissar Range; Pamir-Alay; Ranunculales; Ranunculastrum; phylogenetic analysis.

Natalia V. Shchegoleva, Elena V. Nikitina, Inom J. Juramurodov, Andrei A. Zverev, Orzimat T. Turginov, Anvarbek M. Jabborov, Ziyoviddin Yusupov, Davron B. Dekhkonov, Tao Deng, Hang Sun.

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