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Oxytropis shennongjiaensis (Fabaceae), a new species from Hubei, Central China

Jun‐Tong ChenCAS 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 Yunnan ChinaDai-Gui ZhangCAS 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 Yunnan ChinaZhenyu LvSchool of Life Sciences, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650092, Yunnan, China Yunnan Normal University Yunnan ChinaXianhan HuangCAS 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 Yunnan ChinaPengju LiuCAS 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 Yunnan ChinaJianing YangAdministration of Shennongjia National Park, Shennongjia 442421, Hubei, China Administration of Shennongjia National Park Hubei ChinaJingyuan YangAdministration of Shennongjia National Park, Shennongjia 442421, Hubei, China Administration of Shennongjia National Park Hubei ChinaKomiljon TojibaevCentral Herbarium of Uzbekistan, Institute of Botany, Academy Sciences of Uzbekistan, Tashkent 100025, Uzbekistan Institute of Botany, Academy Sciences of Uzbekistan Tashkent UzbekistanTao DengCAS 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 Yunnan ChinaHang SunCAS 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 Yunnan China

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Abstract

Here we describe Oxytropis shennongjiaensis , a new species of Fabaceae from Central China (Hubei Province). Morphologically, O. shennongjiaensis is closely similar to O. sitaipaiensis , O. melanocalyx and O. kansuensis , but differs in stem characters, with less conspicuous internodes; persistent herbaceous stipules; pale yellow to white corolla; and stipitate legumes, 3–5 mm with a long beak. Phylogenetic analysis, based on the internal transcribed spacers (ITS) and two chloroplast markers ( trnL–F and psbA–trnH ), also identified O. shennongjiaensis as a new species, which is consistent with our morphological analyses. Considering the morphological data and phylogenetic data presented here, we believe that this evidence satisfies the required diagnostic criteria to identify O. shennongjiaensis as a new species.

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Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Plant Diversity and Evolution

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DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.149.49533

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