Friday, June 28, 2024

[Botany • 2020] Gentiana ciliolata (Gentianaceae) • A New Species from Yunnan and Sichuan, China


 Gentiana ciliolata S. Yang, H. C & F. Du 

in Yang, Cao, Du, J. Wang, Zhang et W.-T. Wang, 2020.

Drawn by L.Wang. 

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.

Keywords: Gentiana ciliolate, subsp. ciliolate, subsp. longiloba, Yiliang County, Leibo County, Jinsha River, Yunnan, Sichuan

 Gentiana ciliolata S. Yang, H. C & F. Du sp. nov. Drawn by L.Wang.
(a) Plant of Gentiana ciliolata subsp. ciliolata; (b) Corrola and stamen; (c) Calxy; (d) flower before anthesis, (e) Ovary & Pistil;
(f) Plant of Gentiana ciliolata subsp. ciliolata; (g) Inflorescence; (h) Top Stem leaves; (i) Calxy; (j) Corrola and stamen; (k) Ovary & Pistil.

 Gentiana ciliolata S. Yang, H. C & F. Du sp. nov.

 
Shaoyong Yang, Haifeng Cao, Fan Du, Juan Wang, Qiaorong Zhang and Wen-Tsai Wang. 2020. A New Species of GentianaGentiana ciliolata and It’s Two Subspecies of subsp. ciliolata and subsp. longiloba of Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces. American Journal of Plant Sciences. 11; 1137-1143. DOI: 10.4236/ajps.2020.117080