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<emphasis id="32111D939B7F58B70113AB1F00156409" italics="true">Polygala qii</emphasis>
X. L. Yu, J. J. Zhou &amp; A. Liu
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<figureCitation id="04EDAE69954E962532730ED76E68DB92" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Polygala qii sp. nov. A habit B plant C plant D branch with flowers E inflorescence F front view of flowers G infructescence H capsules and Seeds. Photographed by Ang Liu." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.244.121759.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1087466">Figs 1</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="03E573C0DCD173972FE1AB43C12B2761" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Polygala qii sp. nov. A branches with flowers B top view of flower C side view of flower D anatomical structure of flower, sepals, petals and pistil E longitudinal section of flower F infructescence G capsule H seed. Drawn by PhD Jing Tian." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.244.121759.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1087467">2</figureCitation>
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<heading id="16EE08AFFC239AD8A687C989844CA9C5" reason="title">Diagnosis.</heading>
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This new species is similar to 
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<emphasis id="1A9D9ADA7D2ED033026B1E30E257F029" italics="true">P. fallax</emphasis>
Hemsl.
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and 
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<emphasis id="D1EFEA3B5EFBAC5E14BEEC8C94051AF4" italics="true">P. arillata</emphasis>
Buch.
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- Ham. &amp; D. Don, but it differs from the latter two in having erect and shorter inflorescences (
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VS 
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VS 
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) and fewer flowers (1–5 flowers VS 10–30 flowers VS 10–20 flowers). Its caruncle is foam, and the latter two are helmeted in shape. Please refer to Fig. 
<figureCitation id="76311772C9484AA477BD85D6DBC66ADA" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Morphological comparison between Polygala fallax (A 1 – A 3), Polygala qii sp. nov. (B 1 – B 3), Polygala arillata (C 1 – C 3). A 1, B 1, C 1 inflorescence A 2, B 2, C 2 infructescence A 3, B 3, C 3 seeds, the red arrow represents caruncle. C 2, C 3 photographed by Xin-xin Zhu, others photographed by Ang Liu." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.244.121759.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1087468">3</figureCitation>
and Table 
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.
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<label id="A54951F20E0320D25F65872CB6CE78CD">Table 1.</label>
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Comparison of morphological characters among 
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, 
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<emphasis id="1EA8FE78B4F262A0F8E00823C1A95D89" italics="true">P. fallax</emphasis>
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and 
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<emphasis id="41851D95E3218C395847603D3826B394" italics="true">P. arillata</emphasis>
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.
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<taxonomicName id="59B8A83635AB94141A2B79E3360CA541" authorityName="Liu &amp; Zhou &amp; Li &amp; Yu &amp; Wu" authorityYear="2024" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Polygalaceae" genus="Polygala" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="qii" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="70E9C58352775141DA86CBD6C648FA34" italics="true">Polygala qii</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="F5667F1F846AC54BA5950E9D9AA4BBDC" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<th id="C5D6A32D5A0CCAE3C71E0906555DE3CC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="1D97BDDDD5FBF69E996F7A3842BB2218" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Polygalaceae" genus="Polygala" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="fallax">P. fallax</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="C906CCF84569F47CDBAFA0B63DCAEF56" authority="Plants" authorityName="Plants" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Polygalaceae" genus="Polygala" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="arillata">
<th id="2BAE17DF38F37CBD0FD48E7660440C80" colspan="1" rowspan="1">P. arillata</th>
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<td id="81262930B6DA452F4F11965F559CA81A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.5–1.5 m</td>
<td id="BCAF33D979CC69ED7EECFB17B33C257B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1 – 3 m</td>
<td id="8C9D7481E679A5DD8E1F5BF41CD39589" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1 – 5 m</td>
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<td id="DFB94E8398EB2678A1F88DF204364552" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Leaves</td>
<td id="AC08176F7C3D25D388CBC188AD90CB10" colspan="1" rowspan="1">5–11 × 2–5 cm</td>
<td id="7C1D0FDEA13B82E4668681F8C3E5420C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">8 – 20 × 4–6.5 cm</td>
<td id="16412851BE2A48E7817DE5E3E6CE170E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">6.5 – 14 × 2–2.5 cm</td>
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<td id="080B0598400D36657F22A47B22B6067B" colspan="1" rowspan="3">Racemes</td>
<td id="AA305A53AAE107E5FA77B9715D51476C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">erect</td>
<td id="5437D724D211F41A647E942CB2140672" colspan="1" rowspan="1">drooping</td>
<td id="8107323BA09CBCD1F960E266BE8DCFE3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">drooping</td>
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<td id="6B89C5082EE5BA3B81175FCDA1C2538B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.2–1 cm, to 5 cm at fruiting</td>
<td id="0164806C72750C826390A0A146EB8315" colspan="1" rowspan="1">10–15 cm, to 30 cm at fruiting</td>
<td id="3161EF082FCB4E595A455BFE81375A3C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">7–10 cm, to 30 cm at fruiting</td>
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<td id="89C09B600FD95E01287CBD88151A3E89" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1–5 flowers</td>
<td id="FEF9398E8FEEE2C78518C21CD86A3FC3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">10–30 flowers (or more)</td>
<td id="58221A40783DF6D8CBB044F40D8F3597" colspan="1" rowspan="1">10–20 flowers (or more)</td>
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<td id="E0009A56C1DF6AFA824BF2AEC1876533" colspan="1" rowspan="1">yellowish white, apex with purplish red</td>
<td id="D180F6D0047CB73DC60C02BEAF4F536E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">yellow</td>
<td id="50668689A4A36B319CA5BB6B4487CE3A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">yellow, or apex with orange red</td>
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<td id="DC117777F624ABEDD8A9C708147B56C3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">foam</td>
<td id="7D7CDECD47B0F861F295A9CD9050D89F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">helmeted</td>
<td id="ACC61E1FA9514D41CA44376A1D2BF9CF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">helmeted</td>
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<td id="74D96E4897BE7606BEA5D551DC8E3831" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Flowering period</td>
<td id="C6A46ABA19F71CDC934E8831CA73FE12" colspan="1" rowspan="1">late March to mid-April</td>
<td id="5E0F965038954334CCD8018C85271327" colspan="1" rowspan="1">May to August</td>
<td id="2DBFAEDB3A7C3E1AB37228E5247F548D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">May to October</td>
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<label id="678284D2E45661DDC6949DF754ABCDE1">Figure 1.</label>
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<emphasis id="3F531CBEB96CF4BEA19A4AF28F0C1AA5" italics="true">Polygala qii</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="C9705D2F553D10123452BB105FD3A0F7" bold="true">A</emphasis>
habit 
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plant 
<emphasis id="B60C6EE988E6CFA21F7D94C1CA76B75F" bold="true">C</emphasis>
plant 
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branch with flowers 
<emphasis id="3EFB7757FDB044D669AB9840BA952A46" bold="true">E</emphasis>
inflorescence 
<emphasis id="5B4469D812D8AC449C798228D2C77976" bold="true">F</emphasis>
front view of flowers 
<emphasis id="2F7EE423EDE9F0866C13C4C450E17278" bold="true">G</emphasis>
infructescence 
<emphasis id="B866D3F6A8B6D1D10D7BC4CCECF44E39" bold="true">H</emphasis>
capsules and Seeds. Photographed by Ang Liu.
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<paragraph id="180E3C832C01B1651CBDBB2654A942D7">
<label id="64A8066F0BC8963B6B5854AD4EB6171B">Figure 2.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="55BA0A45BDA18FEE25C88AEFCDC2950E">
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<emphasis id="FFAB3B752E8424D9417B0C227B2B9762" italics="true">Polygala qii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="F8945380AF51A458E4233C4C8307B48E" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
<emphasis id="28CD75186CCA7F8D8A476B54DB5EE04F" bold="true">A</emphasis>
branches with flowers 
<emphasis id="9F15F4B3DD98A41DA4E1072A0853654D" bold="true">B</emphasis>
top view of flower 
<emphasis id="5DBF6016E28D483515D9EC1C07F6E912" bold="true">C</emphasis>
side view of flower 
<emphasis id="D7AF468B6810E01FEE7277ACCF250537" bold="true">D</emphasis>
anatomical structure of flower, sepals, petals and pistil 
<emphasis id="AFDAF614BDD6B4EB35A74F06234AF311" bold="true">E</emphasis>
longitudinal section of flower 
<emphasis id="3FDC7B558B2B0BBA6BEDD15259241A97" bold="true">F</emphasis>
infructescence 
<emphasis id="E1CA6AFA7B14EF090AF430B8CCDA2C80" bold="true">G</emphasis>
capsule 
<emphasis id="EC78951F7177EEB249F8AB6F9BF16092" bold="true">H</emphasis>
seed. Drawn by PhD Jing Tian.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="D17CB7355DC636C015E062B139F609E3">
<label id="04EFDA7DFB71C26698B531B07C25E72B">Figure 3.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="99918717746EED2E95BEF4E3E8FB3D92">
Morphological comparison between 
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<emphasis id="C07EA3C44351EDA35458DBF07777845D" italics="true">Polygala fallax</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis id="D514A8C928DE6F787C1CB4A6BE2427C5" bold="true">A 1 – A 3</emphasis>
), 
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<emphasis id="1E5588C70C999FB48A20A18AF8E1CE53" italics="true">Polygala qii</emphasis>
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(
<emphasis id="3DD77F8EB0B76049914A3CE0A46D0D73" bold="true">B 1 – B 3</emphasis>
), 
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<emphasis id="21E74527F622572B1DCA29EEE8544405" italics="true">Polygala arillata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis id="F1F8A36181310C18CD9E794B60D29588" bold="true">C 1 – C 3</emphasis>
). 
<emphasis id="87C69732661906CF0F694E43968C409A" bold="true">A 1, B 1, C 1</emphasis>
inflorescence 
<emphasis id="3F68545969F8C6A9DB2703A4DFD96630" bold="true">A 2, B 2, C 2</emphasis>
infructescence 
<emphasis id="C102657BE26F7BA255509AD572BB348F" bold="true">A 3, B 3, C 3</emphasis>
seeds, the red arrow represents caruncle. 
<emphasis id="06691592FB70344CB5DD76D6A349CAE9" bold="true">C 2, C 3</emphasis>
photographed by Xin-xin Zhu, others photographed by Ang Liu.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="775A3F7E2DB4178E2AA0EC838FDD2E59">
<heading id="619A83C7ACCC43632F81D3024A2750C2" reason="title">Type.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="DFDB4ADF121E69979DFB9D15082E0B57">
<collectingCountry id="99E782BF5FDBC1A36DC66454E59F3CF8" name="China">China</collectingCountry>
. 
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: Yongzhou City, Dao County, Yueyan Forest Farm, in the crevices of dry limestone, elevation ca. 
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, 
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, 
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DX 01 (
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</abbrev>
!, 
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</abbrev>
!, 
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!). Please refer to Fig. 
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.
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<paragraph id="7BA52F5959536A3979A4D57985F3D6BD">
<label id="A80E4562DC448876557C8C185CF193C1">Figure 4.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BF0C0E9726DB7AC801B851EEBDB3E39D">
Holotype of 
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<emphasis id="48D8C4DCB3C634AC00F533E1B5B6296E" italics="true">Polygala qii</emphasis>
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(
<emphasis id="289D2215335CBC91C0D821F257C61296" italics="true">Ang Liu</emphasis>
DX 01, 
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E5AAE" xlink_title="Herbarium of Forest Plants in Central South University of Forestry and Technology">CSFI</abbrev>
076291).
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EHBAE" type="description">
<paragraph id="5280C432D920DCC53003C359A82B3765">
<heading id="2BCD2AD4619BF0D38309BE82D4B53651" reason="title">Description.</heading>
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<paragraph id="27431019C1AF52914BD76648B1A2C872">
Shrubs, 
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high. 
<emphasis id="034E3ECCBB6E66DE94EB3F6F4CF7E88E" bold="true" italics="true">Branchlets</emphasis>
yellow, sparsely pilose, and the branch bark is cracked into irregular thin scales, especially on the specimens. 
<emphasis id="2275215E7B66C0939FDEB7E6499F3AF5" bold="true" italics="true">Leaves</emphasis>
alternate, clustered at the top of branchlets. 
<emphasis id="8A7A93502D735631F74ECD5B9BACD510" bold="true" italics="true">Petiole</emphasis>
ca. 
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, pubescent. 
<emphasis id="16AC596E9D472DB13BC0E232AC1B753F" bold="true" italics="true">Leaf blade</emphasis>
papery, elliptic to oblong elliptic, 5–11 × 
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, with membranous transparent edge, full margin, ciliate, both sides sparsely pubescent, dense along the veins, then gradually glabrous, midvein raised abaxially, depressed adaxially, lateral veins 5 or 6 pairs, apex acuminate or short tail tip, base cuneate or obtuse. 
<emphasis id="7A49AAF42EB49CA80ACDF92539C53195" bold="true" italics="true">Racemes</emphasis>
opposite to leaves, with 1–5 flowers, erect or slightly drooping at the apex, densely pubescent, 
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long, up to 
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at fruiting. 
<emphasis id="A2865BEDA85B2E4FF5107982F82DE029" bold="true" italics="true">Pedicel</emphasis>
glabrous, ca. 
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long, to 
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at fruiting. 
<emphasis id="0D58032F026536A1212D7FA23B511149" bold="true" italics="true">Flowers</emphasis>
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. 
<emphasis id="A73ABF6D041156FDACB0259B12B7D8EF" bold="true" italics="true">Sepals</emphasis>
5, ciliate, fall off after flower, outer 3 small, unequal in size, upper 1 deep pocket shaped, 
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long, lateral 2 oval, ca. 
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long, inner sepals 2, petal shaped, yellowish white, obliquely obovate, edge rolled in a boat shape, 
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, and at right angles to the petals. 
<emphasis id="2805210C37023FCF59E65895C109F2BB" bold="true" italics="true">Petals</emphasis>
3, connate in lower 2 / 3, yellowish white, with light purplish red at the apex, slightly fleshy; keel longer than lateral petals, apex with multifid appendages, appendages with short stalks at the base, ca. 
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. 
<emphasis id="F4D54369A9B5D41B5A2B63DBDFD7336E" bold="true" italics="true">Stamens</emphasis>
8; filaments ca. 
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, lower 2 / 3 united, forming an open staminal sheath, adnate with petals; anthers ovoid. Disk fleshy. 
<emphasis id="4149BC37F59B0A93990A141642D621DF" bold="true" italics="true">Ovary</emphasis>
round, flattened, ca. 
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, glabrous, style ca. 
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, bent to the top, with knee bending at 2 / 3, and obviously expanded to the apex in a trumpet shape. 
<emphasis id="D3C5393CCABF5E605FF2BF9C4EAC1747" bold="true" italics="true">Capsules</emphasis>
green, baccate, broadly reniform or slightly cordate, ca. 
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, margin winged, ciliate, apex emarginate, mucronate. 
<emphasis id="0D2014E3C0BEBD201A6D59B02C925558" bold="true" italics="true">Seeds</emphasis>
globose, sparsely white pubescent, caruncle foam.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EUCAE" type="phenology">
<paragraph id="5A9DAA8812BB65E78CF9F9808F0DAE8C">
<heading id="7E006153C973E5CC3913CEF89ADBF6A4" reason="title">Phenology.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2308E96C6AB52DEB56354724A1FE087F">Flowering from late March to mid-April; fruiting from late April to early May. What is very special is that this new species enters a dormant period with leaf withering in mid-July.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EZCAE" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="577E094E7C84187276ABBABDF71D89CC">
<heading id="AC846B128D3AF03E084DEEB533822EDB" reason="title">Etymology.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="815BA69DE73F457C3498036FA484F4DD">
The new species is named after Professor Cheng-jing Qi (
<collectionCode id="BDF3014BECF8C9543CEF58EFBBDE94F5">CSUFT</collectionCode>
&amp; 
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<collectionCode id="0321FFEE4B692972060EBE1022259052" country="China" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:12768" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:12768" name="Central-South Forestry University" type="Herbarium">CSFI</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
), who has made great contributions to the study of 
<collectingRegion id="43B96265A8149FA6C021A1BD06317D5C" country="China" name="Hunan">Hunan</collectingRegion>
flora (
<bibRefCitation id="5BB99AD321490079EECB39BE4BE912CC" author="Qi CJ &amp; Yu XL" refId="B9" refString="Qi CJ, Yu XL (2002) A survey of Hunan seed plants, Hunan Science and Technology Press, Changsha, 69 - 71." year="2002">Qi &amp; Yu, 2002</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EDDAE" type="Vernacular name">
<paragraph id="D75BFCD04DA1768FF832B8DFCE58EBC6">
<heading id="36D4F73EE574ED434A97EE4913AAF9B0" reason="title">Vernacular name.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E1C70ED35C0C16D62F248883E3CF43EA">The Chinese name of the new species is ‘ 石山远志’, and the pronunciation of the Chinese Pinyin is ‘ shí shān yuǎn zhì’.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EIDAE" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="C49F4BBD5D5F25332E3DC4C3965E1023">
<heading id="B2085AB8373B2F6EADF8CF52BABE4D0D" reason="title">Distribution and habitat.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="AF1C53144418FF04EE3B26382178BBEA">This new species is currently only found in the limestone landform areas of Dao County and Ningyuan County, which usually grows in the crevices of dry limestone.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0ENDAE" type="material">
<paragraph id="7EF4B5E67485A17165D13A18C2A852AA">
<heading id="A4DBE0B670A15949E831214CD76B9821" reason="title">Additional specimens examined</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D37659D7AC2C7759EB6E852F49000F67">
<emphasis id="835B181760C1DB7F7462DD9E51D7295D" bold="true">
(
<typeStatus id="044FD5428F608356323DBD294FB1E83D" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
).
</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="60948189F05A8D9E98C6C9B760799D5C" name="China">China</collectingCountry>
. 
<collectingRegion id="D11FBC9E0B7A3F527D4909A8C60D2873" country="China" name="Hunan">Hunan</collectingRegion>
: Yongzhou City, Dao County, Yueyan Forest Farm, in the crevices of dry limestone, elevation ca. 
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, 
<date id="5B74809ACFFF60599C779FDF0F18845F" value="2020-04-22">22 April 2020</date>
, 
<emphasis id="7FF2D0578801902B0960D640AD40EAF4" italics="true">Xiong Li &amp; Ang Liu</emphasis>
LK 0421 (
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<collectionCode id="DDA399D2A9FA2978B686EA2E378738E5" country="China" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:12768" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:12768" name="Central-South Forestry University" type="Herbarium">CSFI</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
!, 
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! &amp; 
<collectionCode id="C6E5998C22D52996D137235C218332AB" country="China" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/vr0i-2neq" name="Chenshan Botanical Garden" type="Herbarium">CSH</collectionCode>
!); Yongzhou City, Ningyuan County, Jiuyi Mountain, in the crevices of dry limestone, elevation ca. 
<quantity id="84BA1C6F94A1A610B0650E0DF0B8E820" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.0" unit="m" value="300.0">300 m</quantity>
, 
<date id="A198F528FB0D8C02CDCE858FA0E91880" value="2020-04-29">29 April 2020</date>
, 
<emphasis id="B05A12358E269B810B995B77D2E4B7E7" italics="true">Jian</emphasis>
- 
<emphasis id="79A124F0E434155BAB3D6FB7778BC873" italics="true">jun Zhou</emphasis>
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005 (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E6DAE" xlink_title="Herbarium of Forest Plants in Central South University of Forestry and Technology">
<collectionCode id="6C82CF08368EF9264B1EF4FA1C34D462" country="China" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:12768" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:12768" name="Central-South Forestry University" type="Herbarium">CSFI</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
!). Please refer to Figs 
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, 
<figureCitation id="1C693987FF0D2C40B34457D52DE36B37" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Paratype of Polygala qii sp. nov. (Jian - jun Zhou NY 005, CSFI 080027)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.244.121759.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1087471">6</figureCitation>
.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="35E74E36F91C7ED543CC2AF182927760">
<label id="6C8EC8310AF172925E0312F2D065A8B4">Figure 5.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="56312860360D7F198773497912539772">
Paratype of 
<taxonomicName id="F28BD5DF61EB3A53260114896D0C16A1" authorityName="Liu &amp; Zhou &amp; Li &amp; Yu &amp; Wu" authorityYear="2024" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Polygalaceae" genus="Polygala" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="qii" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="8FCC53AFD0CEE58D2C371B1158050F73" italics="true">Polygala qii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="861E7A63A47CF40983F5F84E96E11AA0" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(
<emphasis id="7DE45DC995E48C27DE6C0E2B8D7818C6" italics="true">Xiong Li &amp; Ang Liu</emphasis>
LK 0421, 
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EAFAE" xlink_title="Herbarium of Forest Plants in Central South University of Forestry and Technology">CSFI</abbrev>
076288).
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="7126145E6BB222FEAAF8DF3CA027F5AE">
<label id="5A07726CCD3C68DBB5428449F74BC188">Figure 6.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="AD684CE209B3CCD0D0C4109EF289279D">
Paratype of 
<taxonomicName id="A3FED529D23333944C0F238FF3762994" authorityName="Liu &amp; Zhou &amp; Li &amp; Yu &amp; Wu" authorityYear="2024" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Polygalaceae" genus="Polygala" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="qii" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="CBF451157F0BA171C53E1C9B551A122C" italics="true">Polygala qii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="8374D2EA9B486C5A8F6F540A9ABA990C" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(
<emphasis id="05935A046569E9E63ADDAB911EF0E5B3" italics="true">Jian</emphasis>
- 
<emphasis id="899E71B13DB42E3B58C7C79E34B4532E" italics="true">jun Zhou</emphasis>
NY 005, 
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EAGAE" xlink_title="Herbarium of Forest Plants in Central South University of Forestry and Technology">CSFI</abbrev>
080027).
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EJGAE" type="conservation status">
<paragraph id="54E735A9D27564C5BAD941C6919BC540">
<heading id="023DC1FC7CAB8E5CA555EB93918B946A" reason="title">Conservation status.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3542C3C9DC20D098CC8880E751105ED0">
At present, we have only found two populations with a total of about 30 individuals in the limestone areas of Dao County and Ningyuan County. However, there are vast limestone landforms in southern 
<collectingRegion id="93D6F7BB97FC6AAABD1FE2D20ED08421" country="China" name="Hunan">Hunan</collectingRegion>
, and there may be distribution of this new species in these areas. Of course, we need a broader and deeper investigation to confirm that. According to the 
<collectionCode id="62798C552442FC6E6299B14B7C56DF97">IUCN</collectionCode>
red list criteria (
<bibRefCitation id="345838E715EF78C6107EB0B261500FC8" refId="B6" refString="IUCN (2022) Guidelines for Using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria. version 14. Prepared by the Standards and Petitions Subcommittee of the IUCN Species Survival Commission. http://cmsdocs.s3.amazonaws.com/RedListGuidelines.pdf" url="http://cmsdocs.s3.amazonaws.com/RedListGuidelines.pdf" year="2022">IUCN 2022</bibRefCitation>
), the conservation status of the new species should be better categorized as ‘ Data Deficient (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ETGAE" xlink_title="Data Deficient">
<collectionCode id="C5FD69858C06CA2B9AAB1B6E8E9B320A" country="India" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13033" name="Forest Research Institute, Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education" type="Herbarium">DD</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
) ’.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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