Kailashia, Pimenov & Kljuykov, 2005

Kljuykov, Eugene, Lavrova, Tatiana, Terentieva, Elena, Ukrainskaja, Uliana & Lyskov, Dmitry, 2022, Review of the genus Kailashia (Apiaceae) with description of a new species K. bouffordi from Xizang, China, Phytotaxa 564 (2), pp. 257-264 : 263

Key to Kailashia species

1. Primary segments of leaves with petiolule 1–4.5 cm long; sheaths of cauline leaves obovate or obovate-lanceolate in outline; stylopodia flat; mericarps elliptic or broadly elliptic; lower part of ribs of mericarps adnate at base ................................ K. robusta

1. Primary segments of leaves sessile or with petiolules up to 2 cm; sheaths of cauline leaves lanceolate in outline; stylopodia low conical; mericarps elliptic or elongate-elliptic; lower part of ribs of mericarps free at base .............................................................2

2. Stems under umbels nearly glabrous; leaf blades obovate-lanceolate in outline; bracts absent or 1–3; pedicels 9–10 mm long, tiny; styles short and ribbon-like, 0.3–0.5 mm long; carpophore fused with commissure and undivided; fruits glabrous..... K. bouffordii

2. Stems under umbels scabrous; leaf blades lanceolate in outline; bracts 5–15; pedicels up to 5 mm long, thickened; styles 1.5–2 mm long; carpophore well-developed, bifurcate; fruits densely hirsute .............................................................................. K. xizangensis