Anoplocaryum helenae Volot. (1996: 147)

Hao, Jia-Chen, Fan, Ying-Xin, Zhu, Deng-Xiang & Lin, Qin-Wen, 2022, Anoplocaryum: A newly recorded genus of Boraginaceae from China, Phytotaxa 530 (2), pp. 205-212 : 210

Anoplocaryum helenae Volot. (1996: 147) ( Fig. 2 , 3 , 4 )

Type:— Russia. [The Sakha Republic], South Yakutia, river Big Ylymakh (basin of the Aldan river), the mouth of the river Cold (Agdy), in shady damp rock crevices, 24 July 1988, 420 m, K.A. Volotovsky s.n. (holotype LE; isotypes SASY, NSK0000079!).

Specimens examined:— CHINA. Hebei Province, Zhangjiakou City, N40°49′57″, E115°26′9″, ca. 2034 m, 4 September 2020, Lin et al. 2020-17 (PE!).

Habitat:—moist crevices of granitic rocks.

Known distribution:— Russia, China.

Phenology:—flowering in May–July; fruiting in July–August.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Anoplocaryum helenae Volot. A. habit; B. basal leaves; C. flowering branch; D. details of branch.

FIGURE 3. Anoplocaryum helenae Volot.A. adaxial surface of basal leaf; B. abaxial surface of basal leaf; C. adaxial surface of stem leaf; D. abaxial surface of stem leaf; E. flowers; F. opened corolla with stamens and appendages; flowering branch; G. pistil; H. nutlets with spreading sepals; I. dorsal view of nutlets; J. ventral view of nutlets; K. gynobase. (Bar=0.5 mm)

FIGURE 4. Isotype of Anoplocaryum helenae Volot.(K.A.Volotovsky s.n., NSK0000079, available at http://herb.csbg.nsc.ru:8081/#fuzzylabel)