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Smelowskia sunhangii (Brassicaceae), a new species from China, with a re-evaluation of the S. tibetica complex.

ABSTRACT: Smelowskia sunhangii, from Qinghai and Tibet (China), is described and illustrated. Morphological and molecular data indicate that S. sunhangii is closely related to Smelowskia tibetica, from which it is easily distinguished by the densely hirsute (vs. glabrous or sparsely pubescent), elliptic to ovate-lanceolate (vs. suborbicular, oblong, or lanceolate) fruits with undulate (vs. straight) margins. A re-evaluation of the widely distributed S. tibetica and related taxa is also provided.

SUBMITTER: Zhang XJ

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8195944 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Smelowskia sunhangii (Brassicaceae), a new species from China, with a re-evaluation of the S. tibetica complex.

Zhang Xin-Jian XJ Chen Jun-Tong JT Al-Shehbaz Ihsan A IA Liu Qun Q Li Li-Juan LJ Liu Peng-Ju PJ Huang Xian-Han XH Deng Tao T

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Smelowskia sunhangii, from Qinghai and Tibet (China), is described and illustrated. Morphological and molecular data indicate that S. sunhangii is closely related to Smelowskia tibetica, from which it is easily distinguished by the densely hirsute (vs. glabrous or sparsely pubescent), elliptic to ovate-lanceolate (vs. suborbicular, oblong, or lanceolate) fruits with undulate (vs. straight) margins. A re-evaluation of the widely distributed S. tibetica and related taxa ...[more]

PMID: 34163300

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