Pedicularis wanghongiae M.L.Liu & W.B.Yu, 2015

Liu, Min-Lu & Yu, Wen-Bin, 2015, Pedicularis wanghongiae (Orobanchaceae), a new species from Yunnan, southwestern China, Phytotaxa 217 (1), pp. 53-62 : 59-60

Pedicularis wanghongiae M.L.Liu & W.B.Yu , sp. nov. ( Figs. 1 , 2A )

Type:— China, Yunnan. Gongshan County, Dulongjiang Township , wet meadow at the top of the mountain, 3,500 m a.s.l., 2 July 2014, Z. K. Wu, W. Zhou, M. L. Liu & Z. B. Tao HW 2014118 (holotype KUN; isotype KUN) .

Herbs perennial, 7–16 cm tall, drying slightly black.Roots fascicled, fusiform.Stems erect, densely glandular pubescent. Leaves basal, cauline leaves absent; petiole 1–2.5 cm long; leaf blade ovate-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 1.2–2.6 cm, abaxially white pubescent along veins, adaxially glabrous, pinnatipartite to pinnatisect; segments 5–9 pairs, lanceolate, pinnatifid, dentate. Inflorescences short racemose; bracts leaflike. Pedicel 5–6 mm long, densely pubescent. Calyx 6–7 mm long, 1/2–2/3 cleft anteriorly, with long hairs along midvein; lobes 5, unequal, posterior lobe smallest, ±entire, others dentate, with 4 or 5 cleft divisions. Corolla purple or rose-red, white at throat, ca. 1.6 cm long; tube ca. 9 mm long, glabrous; galea bent at a right angle apically, densely minutely pubescent; beak bent upward, 7–8 mm long; lower lip ca. 1.6 cm long × 1.7 cm wide, sparsely ciliate, the middle lobe oblong-obovate, projecting and stiped, ca. 1.2 cm long × 0.9 cm wide. Anterior filament pair pubescent at the lower part, posterior filament pair glabrous. Capsule ovoidlanceolate, ca. 1.5 cm long × 0.5 cm wide, not oblique, apex acute. Fl. May–July, fr. July–Oct.

Distribution and habitat:—Currently known only from Dulongjiang Township and Cikai Township, northwestern Yunnan, China, growing in wet meadow of high mountains at the elevation of 3200–3500 m. Rare.

Etymology:—The species epithet honors our advisor Prof. & Dr. Hong Wang, Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS, who has been working on the taxonomy and systematics of Pedicularis for 24 years.

Additional specimens examined:— CHINA. Yunnan: Gongshan County, Dulongjiang Townhip , 3200m a.s.l., 26 May 2009, L. M. Gao & Z. R. Zhang GLM092517 ( KUN) ; Gongshan County, Dulongjiang Township , 3500m a.s.l., 2

July 2014, Z. K. Wu et al. HW2014117 ( KUN) ; Gongshan County, Cikai Township , 3500m a.s.l., 1 July 2014, L. Lu et al. LL201416 ( KUN) .

Figures

FIGURE 1. Pedicularis wanghongiae M.L.Liu & W.B.Yu. A. Habit. B. Corolla lower lip. C. Flower. D. Open beak showing anther and filaments. E. Open Calyx. F. Leaf. G. Capsule. Drawn by Min-Lu Liu from the holotype, Z.K.Wu et al. HW2014118 (KUN).

FIGURE 2. Habit and pollen morphology of Pedicularis wanghongiae. A. Habit. B. Equatorial view of pollen. C. Polar view of pollen. D. Microfoveolate exine ornamentation. Pollen samples are collected from the holotype.