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A New Species of <i>Gentiana, Gentiana ciliolata</i> and It’s Two Subspecies of subsp. ciliolata and subsp. <i>longiloba</i> of Yunnan & Sichuan Provinces
Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, China
Shanghai Museum of TCM, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
College of Forest Resources, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, China
Eco-Development Academy, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, China
Fire Research Institute, School of Civil Engineering, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, China
State Key Laboratory of Systematics and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- 1 Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, China
- 2 Shanghai Museum of TCM, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
- 3 College of Forest Resources, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, China
- 4 Eco-Development Academy, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, China
- 5 Fire Research Institute, School of Civil Engineering, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, China
- 6 State Key Laboratory of Systematics and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
American Journal of Plant Sciences·Volume 11 (2020)·Pages 1137–1143·Published 7 July 2020·DOI10.4236/ajps.2020.117080
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Abstract
A new species of Gentiana ( Gentianaceae ), Gentiana ciliolata is described and illustrated; it has a spectacular characteristics of calyx lobe ciliolate, distributed in Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces on the two sides of Jinsha River, and then two subspecies have been further re-classified as Gentiana ciliolata subsp . ciliolata and Gentiana ciliolata subsp. longiloba respectively . The subsp. ciliolata idistributes on the right side of Jinsha River in Yiliang County, Yunnan Province and the subsp . longiloba distributes itself on the southwest and west part of Sichuan Province, such as Leibo County, Wenchuan County and Mabian Yi Autonomous Prefacture, in the grassland under forests and moist rock slopes at an altitude of 1300 - 3200 m.
KeywordsNew Species<i>Gentiana ciliolate</i>subsp. <i>ciliolatesubsp. longiloba</i>Yiliang CountyLeibo CountyJinsha RiverYunnan ProvinceSichuan Province
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