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<mods:namePart>Lu, Yi-Fei</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Xie, Wen-Yuan</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Zhang, Hong-Wei</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Zheng, Zi-Hong</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Cai, Xin</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Jin, Xiao-Feng</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>School of Forestry and Bio-Technology, Zhejiang Agricultural and Forestry University, Lin'an, Zhejiang 311300, China &amp; School of Life and Environment Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 311121, China</mods:affiliation>
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<taxonomicName LSID="F833EAE4-628F-5D74-98DB-BB823A56DFEE" authority="Y. F. Lu, W. Y. Xie &amp; X. F. Jin" authorityName="Y. F. Lu, W. Y. Xie &amp; X. F. Jin" authorityYear="2021" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Caryophyllaceae" genus="Cerastium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Cerastium huadingense" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="0" pageNumber="111" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="huadingense" status="sp. nov.">Cerastium huadingense Y.F.Lu, W.Y.Xie &amp; X.F.Jin</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Cerastium huadingense sp. nov. A habit B indumentum on stem C basal leaf D upper leaf E indumentum on peduncle F vertical section of flower (showing sepals, petals, stamens and pistil) G petal H stamen I capsule with sepals and petals J seed (Illustrated by Hong Wang; based on Xiao-Feng Jin &amp; Yi-Fei Lu 4583, ZM)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.184.73327.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/607239" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">
Chinese name: 
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Figs 1
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Comparison of Cerastium huadingense and C. qingliangfengicum A-E Cerastium huadingense sp. nov. A habitat B habit C indumentum on stem D flower E capsule F-I Cerastium qingliangfengicum F habitat G indumentum on stem H flower I capsule." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.184.73327.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/607240" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">, 2</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="111">Latin diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">Species nova haec C. qingliangfengico</emphasis>
H.W.Zhang &amp; X.F.Jin 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">affinis est, quae caulibus sterilibus frequent praesentibus, foliis petiolatis, petiolis 5-9 mm longis, petalis sepalis 2-plo ultra longioribus, 10-12 mm longis, staminibus sepalis leviter longioribus differt</emphasis>
.
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<typeStatus>Type</typeStatus>
.
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<collectingCountry name="China">China</collectingCountry>
. 
<collectingRegion country="China" name="Zhejiang">Zhejiang</collectingRegion>
(浙江): 
<collectingCounty>Tiantai</collectingCounty>
(天台), 
<collectingMunicipality>Mount Huading</collectingMunicipality>
(华顶山), near 
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(华顶讲寺), roadside at forest margin, 
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, 
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, alt. 
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, 
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, 
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<collectorName>Xiao-Feng Jin</collectorName>
&amp; 
<collectorName>Yi-Fei Lu</collectorName>
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4583 (
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: ZM; isotypes: HTC, PE)
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.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="111">Description.</paragraph>
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perennial, 12-25 cm tall. 
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">Roots</emphasis>
slender. 
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caespitose, unbranched, erect, green, sparsely to densely white-pubescent. 
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opposite; basal and lower leaf blades spatulate or narrowly spatulate, 1.2-3.2 cm long, 0.4-0.8 cm wide, entire and sparsely ciliate at margin, apex acute, base attenuate, sparsely pubescent on both surfaces; upper leaf blades ovate, ovate-elliptic or oblong, 1.2-4 cm long, 0.5-1.5 cm wide, entire and sparsely ciliate at margin, apex acute, base slightly cordate, sparsely pubescent on both surfaces, sessile. 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Felder" authorityYear="1861" class="Insecta" family="Erebidae" genus="Cyme" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cyme" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="111" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">Cyme</emphasis>
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terminal or axillary in upper part of stems, 6-15-flowered; bracts leaf-like but smaller, narrowly ovate or lanceolate, herbaceous, sparsely pubescent on both surfaces; pedicels slender, 3-12 mm long, white-pubescent; flowers white, 1.1-1.3 cm in diam. 
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5, lanceolate, green, 5-6 mm long, apex acuminate, margin membranous, abaxially pilose and glandular-pubescent. 
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">Petals</emphasis>
5, narrowly obovate, white, 6-7 mm long, slightly longer than sepals, 2-lobed for 
<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
1/4 of length, lobes broadly ovate-oblong, apex acute, base glabrous. 
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10, filaments glabrous, slightly shorter than sepals. 
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5, linear. 
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">Capsules</emphasis>
cylindric, 
<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
2 as long as sepals, 10-toothed. 
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">Seeds</emphasis>
numerous, subtriangular-globose, slightly compressed, brown, ca. 1 mm in diam., tuberculate. Flowering and fruiting April-May.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">Figure 1.</emphasis>
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sp. nov. 
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habit 
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indumentum on stem 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">C</emphasis>
basal leaf 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">D</emphasis>
upper leaf 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">E</emphasis>
indumentum on peduncle 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">F</emphasis>
vertical section of flower (showing sepals, petals, stamens and pistil) 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">G</emphasis>
petal 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">H</emphasis>
stamen 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">I</emphasis>
capsule with sepals and petals 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">J</emphasis>
seed (Illustrated by Hong Wang; based on 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">Xiao-Feng Jin &amp; Yi-Fei Lu</emphasis>
4583, ZM).
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</caption>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="111">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">Figure 2.</emphasis>
Comparison of 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">Cerastium huadingense</emphasis>
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and 
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. qingliangfengicum" pageId="0" pageNumber="111" rank="species" species="qingliangfengicum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">C. qingliangfengicum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">A-E</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Y. F. Lu, W. Y. Xie &amp; X. F. Jin" authorityYear="2021" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Caryophyllaceae" genus="Cerastium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Cerastium huadingense" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="0" pageNumber="111" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="huadingense">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">Cerastium huadingense</emphasis>
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sp. nov. 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">A</emphasis>
habitat 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">B</emphasis>
habit 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">C</emphasis>
indumentum on stem 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">D</emphasis>
flower 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">E</emphasis>
capsule 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">F-I</emphasis>
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Caryophyllaceae" genus="Cerastium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Cerastium qingliangfengicum" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="0" pageNumber="111" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="qingliangfengicum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">Cerastium qingliangfengicum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">F</emphasis>
habitat 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">G</emphasis>
indumentum on stem 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">H</emphasis>
flower 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">I</emphasis>
capsule.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="111">Distribution and habitat.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="111">This new species is known from Mount Huading of Tiantai County and Mount Siming of Yuyao County, eastern Zhejiang. It grows under forest, in wet places or roadside at forest margin at the elevation of 900-1000 m.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="111">Phenology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="111">Flowering and fruiting from mid-April to mid-May.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="111">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="111">
The specific epithet ' 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">Cerastium huadingense</emphasis>
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' refers to the type locality of the new species.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="111">Conservation status.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="111">
Vulnerable, VU B2ab(iii)C1 (
<bibRefCitation author="IUCN" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Central China Normal University" pageId="0" pageNumber="111" publicationUrl="https://www.iucnredlist.org/resources/redlistguidelines" refId="B7" refString="IUCN, 2019. Guidelines for using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria. Version 14. Prepared by the Standards and Petitions Subcommittee. https://www.iucnredlist.org/resources/redlistguidelines" title="Guidelines for using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria. Version 14. Prepared by the Standards and Petitions Subcommittee." url="https://www.iucnredlist.org/resources/redlistguidelines" year="2019">IUCN 2019</bibRefCitation>
). The new species is only known from two localities, Mount Huading in Tiantai and Mount Siming in Yuyao, and occupied less than 400 km2 with about 5000 mature individuals. This species is considered as Vulnerable (VU) according to IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria (
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) based on the current data.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="111">Specimen examined.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="111">
Zhejiang (浙江): Tiantai (天台), Mount Huading (华顶山), Mochi (墨池), in wet place, alt. 900 m, 14 April 2018, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">Wen-Yuan Xie</emphasis>
TT18041411 (PE, ZJFC, ZM), the same locality, under forest, 12 May 1978, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">Chao-Fang Zhang</emphasis>
3881 (ZJFC, ZM), roadside, alt. 1000 m, 25 April. 2020, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">Xiao-Feng Jin &amp; Yi-Fei Lu</emphasis>
4584 (HTC, PE, ZM), 11 May 2020, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">Yi-Fei Lu</emphasis>
235 (HTC, PE, ZJFC, ZM); Mount Huading (华顶山), Ximaopeng (西茅蓬), roadside, alt. 900 m, 26 April 1976, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">Chao-Zong Zheng</emphasis>
8160 (HTC, ZM). Yuyao (余姚), Mount Siming (四明山), 28 April. 2018, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">Zheng-Hai Chen &amp; Jian-Sheng Wang</emphasis>
YY18042801 (HTC, ZJFC, ZM).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="111">Notes.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="111">
The genus 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">Cerastium</emphasis>
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contains ca. 100 species and is almost cosmopolitan, but is mainly distributed in north temperate regions. Twenty-five species were recorded in China (
<bibRefCitation author="Lu, DQ" editor="Wu, ZY" journalOrPublisher="6). Science Press, Beijing and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis" pageId="0" pageNumber="111" pagination="31 - 37" refId="B14" refString="Lu, DQ, Morton, JK, 2001. Cerastium. In: Wu, ZY, Raven, PH, Eds., Flora of China (Vol. 6). Science Press, Beijing and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis: 31 - 37" title="Cerastium." volumeTitle="Flora of China (Vol." year="2001">Lu and Morton 2001</bibRefCitation>
; 
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; 
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). A recent study revealed that the monotypic genus 
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was merged in 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">Cerastium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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).
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Y. F. Lu, W. Y. Xie &amp; X. F. Jin" authorityYear="2021" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Caryophyllaceae" genus="Cerastium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Cerastium huadingense" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="0" pageNumber="111" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="huadingense">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">Cerastium huadingense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
X.F.Jin, W.Y.Xie &amp; Y.F.Lu is most similar to 
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. qingliangfengicum" pageId="0" pageNumber="111" rank="species" species="qingliangfengicum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">C. qingliangfengicum</emphasis>
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in pubescent stems, 5 styles and petals longer than sepals, but differs in having sterile stems absent, leaves sessile, petals slightly longer than sepals, and stamens slightly shorter than sepals. With loosely flowered cymes, pubescent pedicels, and petals 2-lobed at the apex, the new species, 
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. qingliangfengicum" pageId="0" pageNumber="111" rank="species" species="qingliangfengicum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">C. qingliangfengicum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">C. jiuhuashanense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
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</taxonomicName>
are similar to each another and form a complex. The morphological characters distinguished from these species are shown in Table 
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.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">Table 1.</emphasis>
Comparisons of 
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</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">C. qingliangfengicum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">C. jiuhuashanense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
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</taxonomicName>
.
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<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="111" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Y. F. Lu, W. Y. Xie &amp; X. F. Jin" authorityYear="2021" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Caryophyllaceae" genus="Cerastium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Cerastium huadingense" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="0" pageNumber="111" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="huadingense">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">Cerastium huadingense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
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<taxonomicName lsidName="C. qingliangfengicum" pageId="0" pageNumber="111" rank="species" species="qingliangfengicum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">C. qingliangfengicum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="111" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. jiuhuashanense" pageId="0" pageNumber="111" rank="species" species="jiuhuashanense">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">C. jiuhuashanense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="111" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="C. wilsonii" pageId="0" pageNumber="111" rank="species" species="wilsonii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="111">C. wilsonii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="111" rowspan="1">5-9 mm long</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="111" rowspan="1">basal leaves: 4-5 mm long; upper ones: sessile</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="111" rowspan="1">basal leaves: 3-6 mm long; upper ones: sessile</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="111" rowspan="1">densely pubescent on both surfaces</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="111" rowspan="1">sparsely pubescent on both surfaces</td>
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</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="111" rowspan="1">5-6 mm long</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="111" rowspan="1">6-8 mm long</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="111" rowspan="1">5-7 mm long</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="111" rowspan="1">ca. 6 mm long</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="111" rowspan="1">Petal</td>
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6-7 mm long, slightly longer than sepals, 2-lobed for 
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1/4 of length
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10-12 mm long, ca. twice as long as sepals, 2-lobed for 
<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
1/2 of length
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="111" rowspan="1">
10-12 mm long, ca. twice as long as sepals, 2-lobed for 
<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
1/2 of length
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="111" rowspan="1">
ca. 12 mm long, ca. twice as long as sepals, 2-lobed for 
<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
1/2 of length
</td>
</tr>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="111" rowspan="1">Filament</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="111" rowspan="1">glabrous</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="111" rowspan="1">villous on lower part</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="111" rowspan="1">glabrous</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="111" rowspan="1">Seed shape</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="111" rowspan="1">subtriangular-globose</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="111" rowspan="1">subtriangular-globose</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="111" rowspan="1">subtriangular-globose</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="111" rowspan="1">compressed globose</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
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