Hieracium sinoaestivum (Asteraceae), a new species from North China

Hieracium sinoaestivum Sennikov sp. nov. is described as new to science and illustrated. This presumably apomictic species is solely known from two old collections made in a single locality in the Shanxi Province of China. It belongs to the hybridogenous group H. sect. Aestiva (H. sect. Prenanthoide...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:PhytoKeys
Main Author: Alexander Sennikov
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2014
Subjects:
Botany
QK1-989
taiga
Siberia
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.39.7788
https://doaj.org/article/5e6ae2bd0c9a4a3084202284f78e5ee5
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Summary:Hieracium sinoaestivum Sennikov sp. nov. is described as new to science and illustrated. This presumably apomictic species is solely known from two old collections made in a single locality in the Shanxi Province of China. It belongs to the hybridogenous group H. sect. Aestiva (H. sect. Prenanthoidea × H. sect. Umbellata) and is most similar to H. veresczaginii from southern Siberia. The new species occurs at low altitudes in the forest belt of Lülian Mts. and belongs to taiga forest elements.

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