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中国香茶菜属一新记录种——尼奥拉香茶菜

A newly recorded species of Isodon (Lamiaceae) from China: Isodon neorensis Ranjan, G. Krishna & Anant Kumar

  • 摘要: 本文报道了在西藏自治区日喀则市亚东县发现的唇形科香茶菜属(Isodon)中国新记录种Isodon neorensis Ranjan, G. Krishna & Anant Kumar。通过与模式标本及近缘种形态比对,确认其分类特征:一年生草本;茎四棱形,绿色或紫红色,被柔软糙毛;叶对生,卵形或心形,边缘具钝齿,两面被短柔毛,背面具褐色腺点;顶生松散总状花序;花萼钟形,萼齿外反;花冠深红色,喉部具白色斑块及红点;雄蕊二强;花柱细长,少数伸出花冠但不超出前唇。该种最初在印度东喜马拉雅的西孟加拉邦大吉岭县的尼奥拉山谷国家公园被发现并被正式命名和发表,随后在不丹及锡金相继被记录到有其分布。本次在中国境内的发现,是该物种在东喜马拉雅区域已知分布基础上,首次在中国范围内的记录,填补了该物种在东喜马拉雅中国段的分布空白,不仅丰富了中国香茶菜属植物的多样性,更为阐明东喜马拉雅植物区系的跨境分布连续性及演化联系提供了新的实证支持。

     

    Abstract: Isodon neorensis Ranjan, G. Krishna & Anant Kumar (Lamiaceae) is reported here as a newly recorded species for the flora of China, based on specimens collected from Yadong County, Shigatse City, Xizang Autonomous Region. Its taxonomic identity was confirmed through detailed comparison with type material and morphologically similar congeners. This annual herb is distinguished by a combination of the following characters: quadrangular green to purplish-red stems with soft-hispid indumentum; opposite ovate to cordate leaves with obtusely toothed margins, pubescence on both surfaces, brown glandular dots on abaxial surface; terminal lax racemose inflorescences; campanulate calyx with reflexed teeth; dark red corolla bearing white patches and red dots in throat; didynamous stamens; and slender style occasionally exserted from corolla but not exceeding anterior lip. Isodon neorensis was originally discovered and described from Neora Valley National Park, Darjeeling District, West Bengal, India, in the eastern Himalayas, and was subsequently recorded from Bhutan and Sikkim, India. The present record extends its known distribution to China and helps resolve a distributional gap in the Chinese sector of the eastern Himalayas. This discovery increases the documented diversity of Isodon in China and provides new evidence for transboundary floristic continuity and evolutionary relationships within the eastern Himalayan region.

     

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