Smelowskia sunhangii (Brassicaceae), a new species from China, with a re-evaluation of the S. tibetica complex

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: Brassicaceae · Topics: Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies, Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions, Botany and Plant Ecology Studies

Smelowskia sunhangii, from Qinghai and Tibet (China), is described and illustrated. Morphological and molecular data indicate that S. sunhangii is closely related to Smelowskia tibetica, from which it is easily distinguished by the densely hirsute (vs. glabrous or sparsely pubescent), elliptic to ovate-lanceolate (vs. suborbicular, oblong, or lanceolate) fruits with undulate (vs. straight) margins. A re-evaluation of the widely distributed S. tibetica and related taxa is also provided.

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