Synotis carnosifolia (Asteraceae, Senecioneae), a new species from Yunnan, China Author Jin, Zi-Chao 0000-0003-3904-7570 Plant Science Research Center, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510650, China & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China 1174165700@qq.com Author Song, Zhu-Qiu 0000-0002-7763-2431 Plant Science Research Center, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510650, China & State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510650, China & Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Plant Conservation and Utilization in Southern China songzhuqiu@scbg.ac.cn Author Guo, Yong-Jie 0000-0001-5541-572X University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China & Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China guoyongjie@mail.kib.ac.cn Author Chen, You-Sheng 0000-0002-7729-1075 Plant Science Research Center, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510650, China & State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510650, China & Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Plant Conservation and Utilization in Southern China yschen@scbg.ac.cn text Phytotaxa 2024 2024-07-18 660 2 171 180 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.660.2.7 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.660.2.7 1179-3163 13218132 Synotis carnosifolia Y. S. Chen , sp. nov. ( Figs. 4 & 5 ) Type: — China , Yunnan , Baoshan City , Longyang District , Shuizhai Xiang , growing on dry grassy slopes, elev. 2026 m , 11 December 2023 , Z. C. Jin & Z. Q. Song 2023014 ( holotype : IBSC ; isotypes : IBSC , PE ) . Description: —Herbs perennial, 20–40 cm tall. Stems erect, unbranched, scapiform, with sparse or dense white tomentum. Leaves rosulate at the base of fertile shoots; petioles 1–3 cm long, unwinged; blades elliptical, orbicular or obovate, 4–7 × 2–6 cm , carnose, abaxially arachnoid or subglabrous, adaxially glabrous, base rounded, margin entire, shallowly crenate or serrate, apex obtuse. Upper leaves sessile, bract-like, linear. Capitula radiate, numerous, arranged in panicle or corymb; peduncles 1–3 cm long, tomentose, 1–2-bracteate; bracts below capitula linear, 1–2 cm long. Involucres cylindric-campanulate, ca. 15 mm long, ca. 5 mm broad, bracts of calyculus linear, 4–5 mm long, purple or green, with sparse tomentum; phyllaries ca. 9, lanceolate, 7–9 mm long, with sparse tomentum, apically acute. Ray florets 4–6; corolla tube 4–5 mm long; lamina yellow, oblong-lanceolate, 12–15 mm long, 3–5 mm broad, apically obtuse, 3-denticulate. Disk florets numerous, yellow; corolla ca. 7 mm long, with tube and funnelform limb ca. 3.5 mm long; lobes revolute. Anthers ca. 3 mm ; anther tails 1/2–2/3 as long as antheropodia; antheropodia slightly dilated. Style branches recurved, apically obtuse, papillose. Achenes brown, striate, 3–4 mm long, ca. 0.6 mm wide, with sparse pubescence. Pappus white, ca. 7.5 mm long. FIGURE 1. Synotis cavaleriei . A. holotype (China, Guizhou, Huang ko shu, 1911, J. Cavalerie 4003 , E00414047); B. isotype (China, Guizhou, Huang ko shu, 1911, J. Cavalerie 4003 , E00414046); C–D. habit (Photographed by Bu-Yun Zhang from China, Yunnan, Kunming). FIGURE 2. Synotis changiana . A. holotype (China, Guangxi, Yangshuo, Jinbao, November 1963, N.K. Liang et T.Z. Huang 45765 , GXMI050540); B. isotype (China, Guangxi, Yangshuo, Jinbao, November 1963, N.K. Liang et T.Z. Huang 45765 , GXMI050538); C. habit; D. synflorescence (Photographed by You-Sheng Chen from China, Guangxi, Maoer Shan). FIGURE 3. ML tree inferred from ITS and ETS sequences. The numbers above and below branches are bootstrap values (BS) and Bayesian posterior probability (PP) from BI, respectively. Synotis carnosifolia sp. nov. is marked with red color. Phenology: —Flowering and fruiting from December to February of the second year. Etymology: —The specific epithet ‘ carnosifolia ’ refers to the carnose leaves. The Chinese name is given as “m 叶Ġfffi” (rou ye he er ju). Distribution and habitat: — Synotis carnosifolia is currently only known from the Shuizhai Xiang, Longyang District, Baoshan City, Yunnan Province , China ( Figure 6 ). It grows mainly on grassy slopes at elevations 2026 m above sea level. Additional specimens examined ( paratypes ): —Same origin as the type locality, 13 February 2024 , Y. J. Guo 24CS26737 (IBSC, KUN).