Aster tonglingensis
| Aster tonglingensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Aster |
| Species: | A. tonglingensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Aster tonglingensis G.J.Zhang & T.G.Gao (2019)
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Aster tonglingensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to China.[1]
Description
[edit]Aster tonglingensis is a perennial plant, recently discovered (2019, Zhang, Gao), and named after its only known locality, Mt. Tongling, Wencheng County, Zhejiang Province, China.[2][2]
It is superficially similar to Aster dolichophyllus, in that both species have narrowly lanceolate, cauline leaves, recurved phyllary tips, and tend to occur near streams. However, the phyllaries of A. tonglingensis are green (as opposed to purple-tipped in A. dolichophyllus), and the leaves are pubescent (vs. glabrous), with the basal leaves lanceolate, apex rounded or obtuse (rather than spatulate, apex acute), with the corolla of the disc floret somewhat smaller than A. dolichophylus and the seed head white, instead of brownish.[2]
Due to its narrow area of distribution, (it is currently known only from the banks of one stream in Mt. Tongling Natural Reserve, where fewer than 100 specimens were observed),[2] A. tonglingensis is considered a critically endangered species.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Zhang, Guojin (2019). "Convergent origin of the narrowly lanceolate leaf in the genus Aster-with special reference to an unexpected discovery of a new Aster species from East China". Researchgate.
- ^ a b c d e Pskhun (2019-01-27). "Species New to Science: [Botany • 2019] Aster tonglingensis • Convergent Origin of the narrowly lanceolate leaf in the Genus Aster—with Special Reference to An Unexpected Discovery of A New Aster Species from East China". Species New to Science. Retrieved 2024-09-03.