taxonID	type	description	language	source
55AE2E355A8C5C5ABD580B4BE671B1FA.taxon	description	Figs 1, 2, 3	en	Peng, Guo-Xing, Zhao, Liao-Cheng, Tang, Ming, Deng, Jun, Zhan, Hao-Ming, Zhang, Zhuo-Ni, Wang, Qiang (2025): Synotis lhozhagensis (Asteraceae, Senecioneae), a new species from south-eastern Xizang, China, based on morphological and molecular evidence. PhytoKeys 259: 161-175, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.259.156141
55AE2E355A8C5C5ABD580B4BE671B1FA.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Synotis lhozhagensis is similar to S. acuminata, but differs in having phyllaries number five (vs. three or four), ray floret absent (vs. one) and disc florets five (vs. two or three).	en	Peng, Guo-Xing, Zhao, Liao-Cheng, Tang, Ming, Deng, Jun, Zhan, Hao-Ming, Zhang, Zhuo-Ni, Wang, Qiang (2025): Synotis lhozhagensis (Asteraceae, Senecioneae), a new species from south-eastern Xizang, China, based on morphological and molecular evidence. PhytoKeys 259: 161-175, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.259.156141
55AE2E355A8C5C5ABD580B4BE671B1FA.taxon	description	Description. Perennial herbs. Stem solitary, erect, 100 – 250 cm tall, slightly curved distally, profusely branched into short inflorescence branches, white-tomentose when young, becoming glabrous with age. Leaves papery, long-elliptic to oblanceolate-elliptic, 6 – 13 cm long, 1.5 – 3 cm wide; apex long-acuminate; base cuneate to attenuate; margins irregularly deeply obtuse-acuminate-serrate; adaxial surface sparsely adnate white-tomentose to nearly glabrous; abaxial surface sparsely white-tomentose; venation pinnate with 4 – 6 pairs of lateral veins, arcuately ascending; petiole 5 – 15 mm long, sparsely white-tomentose to nearly glabrous. Capitula lacking ray florets, aggregated into cymose panicles; peduncles short, 3 – 6 mm long, silvery-white-tomentose, bearing 1 – 2 basal bracts and bracteoles; bracts and bracteoles linear. Involucre terete, 4 – 5 mm long, 1.5 – 2 mm wide; bracts of calyculus 4 – 5, linear-subulate, up to 1 / 3 the length of involucre; involucral phyllaries five, oblong, 1.5 mm wide, apex acute, subleathery, margins broadly scarious, abaxially sparsely silvery-white pubescent. Disc florets five; corolla pale yellow, ca. 6 – 8 mm long; tube 2.5 mm long; limb funnel-form; Style branches 1 – 1.2 mm long, apically obtuse, covered with short papillate hairs, central hairs inconspicuous. Achenes cylindrical, 2.5 mm long, glabrous. Crown hairs 5 mm long, white.	en	Peng, Guo-Xing, Zhao, Liao-Cheng, Tang, Ming, Deng, Jun, Zhan, Hao-Ming, Zhang, Zhuo-Ni, Wang, Qiang (2025): Synotis lhozhagensis (Asteraceae, Senecioneae), a new species from south-eastern Xizang, China, based on morphological and molecular evidence. PhytoKeys 259: 161-175, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.259.156141
55AE2E355A8C5C5ABD580B4BE671B1FA.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet ‘ lhozhagensis ’ is derived from the type locality, Lakang Town, Lhozhag County, Shannan City, southeast Xizang Autonomous Region, China.	en	Peng, Guo-Xing, Zhao, Liao-Cheng, Tang, Ming, Deng, Jun, Zhan, Hao-Ming, Zhang, Zhuo-Ni, Wang, Qiang (2025): Synotis lhozhagensis (Asteraceae, Senecioneae), a new species from south-eastern Xizang, China, based on morphological and molecular evidence. PhytoKeys 259: 161-175, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.259.156141
55AE2E355A8C5C5ABD580B4BE671B1FA.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat. Synotis lhozhagensis is currently known only from Lakang Town, Lhozhag County, Shannan City, Xizang Autonomous Region, China. This species inhabits forest edges and sparse understorey areas, primarily within mixed forests at elevations between 2,500 and 3,000 m (Fig. 5).	en	Peng, Guo-Xing, Zhao, Liao-Cheng, Tang, Ming, Deng, Jun, Zhan, Hao-Ming, Zhang, Zhuo-Ni, Wang, Qiang (2025): Synotis lhozhagensis (Asteraceae, Senecioneae), a new species from south-eastern Xizang, China, based on morphological and molecular evidence. PhytoKeys 259: 161-175, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.259.156141
