Ligularia monocephala (Asteraceae, Senecioneae), a remarkable new species from Hubei, China

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: Compositae · Topics: Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions, Plant Toxicity and Pharmacological Properties, Sesquiterpenes and Asteraceae Studies

Ligularia monocephala, a remarkable new species from Hubei, China, is described and illustrated. It is readily distinguishable in the whole genus by character combination of the reniform to cordate-reniform leaf blades which are palmately-pinnately veined and abaxially purplish red, the solitary and erect capitula, and the pappus which are as long as or slightly longer than tube of the tubular corolla. A detailed description and distribution map of the species are also presented herein.

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