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14 May 2020 Saussurea yiwuensis (Asteraceae), a New Species from Xinjiang, China
Xu Ri, Li-Qing Zhao, Hua Qing
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Abstract

Saussurea yiwuensis L.Q. Zhao & Xu Ri (Asteraceae), a new species from Xinjiang, China, is described and illustrated. It is morphologically similar especially to S. jurineoides, but its roots are longitudinally splitting and fibrous, its abaxial leaf surfaces are densely white-tomentose, and its achenes are rugose and glabrous. The species is assigned to Saussurea subgen. Theodorea due to its phyllary apex being spiniform-acuminate with a curved cusp and its receptacle having filiform bristles.

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Xu Ri, Li-Qing Zhao, and Hua Qing "Saussurea yiwuensis (Asteraceae), a New Species from Xinjiang, China," Annales Botanici Fennici 57(1-3), 159-161, (14 May 2020). https://doi.org/10.5735/085.057.0121
Received: 28 June 2019; Accepted: 18 February 2020; Published: 14 May 2020
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