identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
99E01637B24A512E8BAB785B600BD349.text	99E01637B24A512E8BAB785B600BD349.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Pternopetalum shunhuangensis W. Zhou & L. Wu 2025	<div><p>Pternopetalum shunhuangensis W. Zhou &amp; L. Wu sp. nov.</p><p>Type.</p><p>China • Hunan Province, Yongzhou City, Dong’an County,  Hunan Dong’an Shunhuang Mountain National Nature Reserve, on rocks densely covered with moss in forests, at an altitude ca 1600 m a. s. l., 23 Apr. 2024, Lei WU, Yan-Jie Yang, Zi-Lin Feng SHS 0001 (holotype NAS) ;  19 July 2024, Lei WU, D. Deng, Zi-Lin Feng SHS 1749 (paratype CSFI) .</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>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].</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Pternopetalum shunhuangensis differs from  P. tanakae (Franch. &amp; 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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Phenology.</p><p>Pternopetalum shunhuangensis is flowering from April to May, and fruiting from June to July.</p><p>Additional specimens examined.</p><p>Pternopetalum shunhuangensis (paratypes):   China • Hunan Province:  Xinning County, 21 Oct. 1962 Lin-Han Liu 15250 (NAS, WUK) ;   Xinning County,  Ziyun mountain, 9 Sep. 1984 Ziyunshan Team 301, 981 (PE)  .</p><p>P. tanakae: Japan •  Silvis montis ignivomi, Fudsi Yama, Jun. 1874 Savatier 3436 (holotype P, image).</p><p>P. heterophyllum: China • Hunan Province: Xinning County, Huping mountain, 10 Jul. 1987  Hupingshan Team 1318 (PE); Sichuan Province:  Baoxing County, 7 Agu. 1936  Gui-ling Qu 3454 (holotype E, image).</p><p>P. filicinum: China • Hubei Province: Ichang City, A. Henry 6600 (isotype P, image).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/99E01637B24A512E8BAB785B600BD349	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Zhou, Wei;Feng, Zi-Lin;Tang, Long-Ping;Deng, Du;Wu, Bao-cheng;Wu, Lei	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
