Cardaminezhangjiajieensis, a new species of Brassicaceae in China
Jia-Lu Li, Cheng Zhang, Yi He, Quan-Ru Liu · 2024
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Description
Jia-Lu Li, Cheng Zhang, Yi He, and Quan-Ru Liu describe a new plant species in the mustard family, found in Hunan Province, China. The plant belongs to the genus Cardamine, a group of small herbs. They name it for Zhangjiajie, the area where it was found. The paper gives an account of its form, with drawings so botanists can recognize it.
The new species looks much like a relative, Cardamine circaeoides, so the authors list the traits that set the two apart. Its end leaflet on the stem leaves is larger, about four and a half to seven centimeters long, and is round or oblong rather than oval or triangular. Its leaf edge is wavy where the relative's is toothed or smooth. Its seeds carry a narrow wing at the tip, while the relative's seeds have none. Such comparisons are how new species are fixed in the record.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jia-Lu Li, Cheng Zhang, Yi He, Quan-Ru Liu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 20 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |