taxonID	type	description	language	source
99E01637B24A512E8BAB785B600BD349.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species epithet is derived from the type locality, Shunhuang Mountain. Its Chinese name is given as 舜皇囊瓣芹 [Pinyin: shùn huáng náng bàn qín].	en	Zhou, Wei, Feng, Zi-Lin, Tang, Long-Ping, Deng, Du, Wu, Bao-cheng, Wu, Lei (2025): Pternopetalum shunhuangensis (Apiaceae), a new species from Hunan, China. PhytoKeys 253: 261-270, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.253.142516
99E01637B24A512E8BAB785B600BD349.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Pternopetalum shunhuangensis differs from P. tanakae (Franch. & Sav.) Hand. - Mazz. by its roots without tubercles at nodes, fewer basal leaves, unelongated ultimate segments of cauline leaves, elongate styles and terminal umbels. A more detailed comparison between the two species is presented in Table 1. Plants 12 – 16 cm high. Taproot fusiform. Stem 1, erect, slender, unbranched, glabrous. Basal leaves 0 – 1 (2), petiolate; petioles 3 – 5 cm; blade ovate-triangular, 1.5 – 3 × 2.5 – 3 cm, ternate or ternate- 2 - pinnate; ultimate segments flabelliform or diamond, 3 – 8 × 2 – 7 mm. Cauline leaves 1, ternate- 2 - pinnate, petioles 0.5 – 4 cm; 2 – 4.5 × 3 – 6 cm, ultimate segments flabelliform or diamond, 2 – 5 × 2 – 6 mm. Umbels 1 – 3 cm across in flower, to 5 cm in fruit; bracts absent; rays 6 – 20, 1.5 – 2.5 cm; bracteoles 2 – 3; umbellules 2 - flowered; pedicels 0.2 – 1 mm long. Calyx teeth minute, or obsolete. Petals white, broad ovate, 1.5 – 1.8 × 1.2 – 1.5 mm; stylopodium conic; styles elongate, erect, longer than the stylopodium; stylopodium plus style ca 0.8 mm, styles ca. 0.5 mm. Fruit oblong ovoid, 2 – 2.5 × 1 – 1.5 mm; ribs filiform; vittae 1 – 2 in each furrow, 2 on commissure.	en	Zhou, Wei, Feng, Zi-Lin, Tang, Long-Ping, Deng, Du, Wu, Bao-cheng, Wu, Lei (2025): Pternopetalum shunhuangensis (Apiaceae), a new species from Hunan, China. PhytoKeys 253: 261-270, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.253.142516
