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<mods:namePart>Li, Shi-Gang</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Wang, Huan-Chong</mods:namePart>
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<taxonomicName LSID="B9021464-0B8C-5D87-AD0E-4F47457146D2" authority="Huan C. Wang &amp; Jin L. Liu" authorityName="Huan C. Wang &amp; Jin L. Liu" authorityYear="2022" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Indigofera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Indigofera vallicola" order="Fabales" pageId="0" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="vallicola" status="sp. nov.">Indigofera vallicola Huan C. Wang &amp; Jin L. Liu</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Indigofera vallicola Huan C. Wang &amp; Jin L. Liu sp. nov. (Drawn by Jin-Li Liu) A habit B standard C wing D keel E calyx F anther G flower H leaflet I legume." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.199.85437.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/691666" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">Figs 1</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Indigofera vallicola Huan C. Wang &amp; Jin L. Liu sp. nov. A habit B a portion of branchlet showing abaxial surfaces of leaflets C plants in fruiting stage D stipules E a portion of inflorescens F calyces G legume. Scale bars: 10 cm (A); 4 cm (C); 1 cm (B, G); 4 mm (E); 3 mm (F); 1 mm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.199.85437.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/691667" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">, 2</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Indigofera vallicola Huan C. Wang &amp; Jin L. Liu sp. nov. A standard B wing C keel D stamens and pistil." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.199.85437.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/691668" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">, 3</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. A specimen (YUKU- 02024801) of Indigofera vallicola Huan C. Wang &amp; Jin L. Liu sp. nov. collected in October 1965 from Ainishan village in Shuangbai County, southwest China." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.199.85437.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/691669" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">, 4</figureCitation>
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<typeStatus>Type</typeStatus>
.
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="2021-09-25" country="China" county="Yimen County" elevation="1320" latitude="24.4" location="Luzhijiang valley" longLatPrecision="1251" longitude="101.566666" municipality="Luzhi Town" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Yunnan Province" typeStatus="Holotype">
<collectingCountry name="China">China</collectingCountry>
. 
<collectingRegion country="China" name="Yunnan">Yunnan Province</collectingRegion>
: 
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, 
<collectingMunicipality>Luzhi Town</collectingMunicipality>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="9">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">I. vallicola</emphasis>
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is most similar to 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">I. rigioclada</emphasis>
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Craib by sharing the procumbent habit, relatively small leaves and the similar flower shape, but it clearly differs from the latter by its usually 13-17-foliolate, flowers 3-5 mm long, calyx teeth triangular-lanceolate, and legumes 1-2 mm in diameter.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">Figure 1.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Huan C. Wang &amp; Jin L. Liu" authorityYear="2022" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Indigofera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Indigofera vallicola" order="Fabales" pageId="0" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="vallicola">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">Indigofera vallicola</emphasis>
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Huan C. Wang &amp; Jin L. Liu sp. nov. (Drawn by Jin-Li Liu) 
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habit 
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standard 
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wing 
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keel 
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calyx 
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anther 
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flower 
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leaflet 
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legume.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="9">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="9">Dwarf shrubs, usually prostrate, 20-35 cm in height. Stems branched, brown, glabrescent, usually 1-2.5 mm in diameter. Branchlets nearly terete, 10-15 cm long, with dense appressed white and brown medifixed and symmetrically 2-branched trichomes. Leaves imparipinnate, 2-5 cm long, 1-2 cm wide, usually (7-)13-17-foliolate. Stipules lanceolate to subulate, 1-2 mm long. Petioles 0.2-0.4 cm long, petioles and rachis subterete, adaxially grooved, with appressed white and brown medifixed symmetrically 2-branched trichomes. Leaflets opposite, 0.2-1.2 cm long, 0.15-0.5 cm wide, adaxially green, abaxially gray, midvein abaxially prominent and adaxially impressed, secondary veins inconspicuous, both surfaces with white and brown medifixed symmetrically 2-branched trichomes; terminal leaflets obovate, apex rounded to truncate, and mucronate, base cuneate; lateral leaflets oblong or elliptic, apex rounded to truncate and mucronate, base rounded. Inflorescences racemose, axillary, 2.5-6 cm long. Peduncles 1-1.8 cm long. Bracts caducous, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, purple, ca. 0.2 cm long, abaxially with white medifixed trichomes, adaxially glabrous. Pedicels 1-2 mm long. Calyx funnelform, rarely cup-shaped, purple, outside with white and brown medifixed symmetrically 2-branched trichomes, glabrous inside; tube ca. 1 mm long; teeth 5, unequal, triangular-lanceolate, ca. 1 mm long, apex acuminate. Corolla pink; standard obovate, 3-5 mm long, 2-3 mm wide, apex mucronate, outside with white medifixed trichomes; wings spoon-shaped, 2.5-4.0 mm long, ca. 1 mm wide, outside pilose; keels 3-5 mm long, ca. 1 mm wide, outside pilose, with a small lateral spur. Stamens 3-5 mm long, anthers broadly ovoid, apex mucronate. Ovary hairy, style glabrous. Legumes linear, cylindric, 1.5-3.2 cm long, 0.1-0.2 cm in diameter, apex beaked, with white and brown medifixed symmetrically 2-branched trichomes. Seeds usually 6-8, oblong to rectangle, dark-brown, glabrous, 1-2 mm long, ca. 1 mm wide.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">Figure 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">Indigofera vallicola</emphasis>
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Huan C. Wang &amp; Jin L. Liu sp. nov. 
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habit 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">B</emphasis>
a portion of branchlet showing abaxial surfaces of leaflets 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">C</emphasis>
plants in fruiting stage 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">D</emphasis>
stipules 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">E</emphasis>
a portion of inflorescens 
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calyces 
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legume. Scale bars: 10 cm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">A</emphasis>
); 4 cm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">C</emphasis>
); 1 cm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">B, G</emphasis>
); 4 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">E</emphasis>
); 3 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">F</emphasis>
); 1 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">D</emphasis>
).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="9">Phenology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="9">Flowering occurs from September to November, fruiting from October to December.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="9">Distribution and ecology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="9">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Huan C. Wang &amp; Jin L. Liu" authorityYear="2022" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Indigofera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Indigofera vallicola" order="Fabales" pageId="0" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="vallicola">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">Indigofera vallicola</emphasis>
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is endemic to southwest China, where it has only been collected from two localities (ca. 45 km apart from each other) in central Yunnan to date: Xiao Luzhi (type locality) in Luzhijiang valley and Ainishan village in Shuangbai County. The climate in its habitat is seasonally hot and arid. In the type locality, 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">I. vallicola</emphasis>
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occurs in the xerophilous scrubs or grasslands at elevations of 1200-1800 m, and its association include 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">Phyllanthus emblica</emphasis>
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Linn. (
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Phyllanthaceae" genus="Phyllanthus" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Malpighiales" pageId="0" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Phyllanthaceae</taxonomicName>
), 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rhamnaceae" genus="Paliurus" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Paliurus orientalis" order="Rosales" pageId="0" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="orientalis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">Paliurus orientalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Franch.) Hemsl. (
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rhamnaceae" genus="Paliurus" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Rosales" pageId="0" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Rhamnaceae</taxonomicName>
), 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Dalbergia" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Dalbergia yunnanensis" order="Fabales" pageId="0" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="yunnanensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">Dalbergia yunnanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Franch. (
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Dalbergia" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Fabales" pageId="0" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Fabaceae</taxonomicName>
), 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Caprifoliaceae" genus="Symphoricarpos" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Symphoricarpos sinensis" order="Dipsacales" pageId="0" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="sinensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">Symphoricarpos sinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Rehd. (
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Caprifoliaceae" genus="Symphoricarpos" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Dipsacales" pageId="0" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Caprifoliaceae</taxonomicName>
), 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Duhaldea" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Duhaldea lachnocephala" order="Asterales" pageId="0" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lachnocephala">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">Duhaldea lachnocephala</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Huan C. Wang &amp; Feng Yang (
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Duhaldea" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Asterales" pageId="0" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Asteraceae</taxonomicName>
) (an endemic species described by 
<bibRefCitation author="Yang, F" journalOrPublisher="Taiwania" pageId="0" pageNumber="9" pagination="217 - 222" refId="B11" refString="Yang, F, Ye, JY, Huang, QC, Wang, QP, Wang, HC, 2022. Duhaldea lachnocephala (Asteraceae: Inulinae), a new species from Yunnan, southwest China. Taiwania 67 (2): 217 - 222" title="Duhaldea lachnocephala (Asteraceae: Inulinae), a new species from Yunnan, southwest China." volume="67" year="2022">Yang et al. (2022)</bibRefCitation>
), 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Orobanchaceae" genus="Pterygiella" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Pterygiella luzhijiangensis" order="Lamiales" pageId="0" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="luzhijiangensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">Pterygiella luzhijiangensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Huan C. Wang (
<taxonomicName authorityName="D.Oliver" authorityYear="1896" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Orobanchaceae" genus="Pterygiella" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Lamiales" pageId="0" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Orobanchaceae</taxonomicName>
), 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Caryophyllaceae" genus="Silene" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Silene otodonta" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="0" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="otodonta">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">Silene otodonta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Franch. (
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Caryophyllaceae" genus="Silene" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="0" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Caryophyllaceae</taxonomicName>
), 
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Spodiopogon" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Spodiopogon sagittifolius" order="Poales" pageId="0" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="sagittifolius">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">Spodiopogon sagittifolius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Rendle (
<taxonomicName authorityName="Trinius" authorityYear="1820" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Spodiopogon" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Poales" pageId="0" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Poaceae</taxonomicName>
), 
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Heteropogon" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Heteropogon contortus" order="Poales" pageId="0" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="contortus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">Heteropogon contortus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Linn.) Beauv. ex Roem. &amp; Schult. (
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Heteropogon" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Poales" pageId="0" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Poaceae</taxonomicName>
) and 
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Themeda" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Themeda caudata" order="Poales" pageId="0" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="caudata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">Themeda caudata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Nees ex Hooker &amp; Arnott) A. Camus (
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Themeda" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Poales" pageId="0" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Poaceae</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="9">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">Figure 3.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Huan C. Wang &amp; Jin L. Liu" authorityYear="2022" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Indigofera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Indigofera vallicola" order="Fabales" pageId="0" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="vallicola">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">Indigofera vallicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Huan C. Wang &amp; Jin L. Liu sp. nov. 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">A</emphasis>
standard 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">B</emphasis>
wing 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">C</emphasis>
keel 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">D</emphasis>
stamens and pistil.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="9" type="etymology">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="9">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="9">
The specific epithet is taken from the Latin &quot; 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">vallis</emphasis>
&quot; (valley) and the suffix &quot;- 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">cola</emphasis>
&quot; (dweller), referring to the habitat where the new species is found.
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/phytokeys.199.85437.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/691669" pageId="0" pageNumber="9" start="Figure 4" startId="F4">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="9">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">Figure 4.</emphasis>
A specimen (YUKU-02024801) of 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Huan C. Wang &amp; Jin L. Liu" authorityYear="2022" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Indigofera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Indigofera vallicola" order="Fabales" pageId="0" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="vallicola">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">Indigofera vallicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Huan C. Wang &amp; Jin L. Liu sp. nov. collected in October 1965 from Ainishan village in Shuangbai County, southwest China.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="9" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="9">Additional specimens examined.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="9">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">
<collectingCountry name="China">China</collectingCountry>
. 
<collectingRegion country="China" name="Yunnan">Yunnan</collectingRegion>
</emphasis>
: 
<collectingCounty>Shuangbai County</collectingCounty>
, 
<collectingMunicipality>Ainishan</collectingMunicipality>
, alt. 
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.8" unit="m" value="1800.0">
<elevation metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.8" unit="m" value="1800.0">1,800 m</elevation>
</quantity>
, 
<collectingDate value="1965-10-22">22 October 1965</collectingDate>
, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">
<collectorName>W. M. Zhu</collectorName>
et al. 04195
</emphasis>
(YUKU); 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:B90214640B8C5D87AD0E4F47457146D2:A900ED73D7EEFC4EABF556D2B4E905A6" country="China" county="Shuangbai County" municipality="Ainishan" name="Yimen County" stateProvince="Yunnan">Yimen County</location>
, 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:B90214640B8C5D87AD0E4F47457146D2:F0FEF4A472FC1E1424E847BFE81CB4C6" country="China" county="Shuangbai County" municipality="Ainishan" name="Luzhi Town" stateProvince="Yunnan">Luzhi Town</location>
, alt. 
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.25" unit="m" value="1250.0">
<elevation metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.25" unit="m" value="1250.0">1,250 m</elevation>
</quantity>
, 
<collectingDate value="1965-10-20">20 October 1965</collectingDate>
, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">
<collectorName>W. M. Zhu</collectorName>
et al. 4659
</emphasis>
(YUKU); 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">ibid.</emphasis>
, 
<collectingDate value="2016-10-03">3 October 2016</collectingDate>
, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">
<collectorName>H. C. Wang</collectorName>
et al. YM1274
</emphasis>
(YUKU); 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">ibid.</emphasis>
, 
<collectingDate value="2019-11-12">12 November 2019</collectingDate>
, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">
<collectorName>H. C. Wang</collectorName>
et al. YM8322
</emphasis>
(YUKU)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="9" type="taxonomic notes">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="9">Taxonomic notes.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="9">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Huan C. Wang &amp; Jin L. Liu" authorityYear="2022" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Indigofera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Indigofera vallicola" order="Fabales" pageId="0" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="vallicola">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">Indigofera vallicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is mainly characterized by having the prostrate habit, usually 13-17-foliolate leaves and relatively small (3-5 mm long) flowers. Morphologically, it is most similar to 
<taxonomicName genus="I." lsidName="I. rigioclada" pageId="0" pageNumber="9" rank="species" species="rigioclada">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">I. rigioclada</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Craib by sharing the procumbent habit, relatively small leaves and similar flower shape, but it clearly differs from the latter by its usually 13-17-foliolate (vs. 5-13-foliolate in 
<taxonomicName genus="I." lsidName="I. rigioclada" pageId="0" pageNumber="9" rank="species" species="rigioclada">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">I. rigioclada</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), flowers 3-5 mm (vs. 8-10 mm) long, calyx teeth triangular-lanceolate (vs. triangular), and legumes 1-2 mm (vs. larger than 2 mm) in diameter. 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Huan C. Wang &amp; Jin L. Liu" authorityYear="2022" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Indigofera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Indigofera vallicola" order="Fabales" pageId="0" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="vallicola">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">Indigofera vallicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is also more or less similar to 
<taxonomicName genus="I." lsidName="I. henryi" pageId="0" pageNumber="9" rank="species" species="henryi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">I. henryi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Franch. in its overall appearance, relatively gracile pedicels and shape of calyx. Nevertheless, 
<taxonomicName genus="I." lsidName="I. henryi" pageId="0" pageNumber="9" rank="species" species="henryi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">I. henryi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
clearly differs from the former in having the linear stipules usually 5 mm long (vs. lanceolate to subulate, 1-2 mm long in 
<taxonomicName genus="I." lsidName="I. vallicola" pageId="0" pageNumber="9" rank="species" species="vallicola">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">I. vallicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), leaves larger, 3-10 cm (vs. 2-5 cm) long, rachis of adaxially flattened, slightly winged (vs. grooved and without winged), leaflet blades 1.7-2.3 
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0.5-1.2 cm (vs. 0.2-1.2 
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
0.15-0.5 cm), pedicels (2)3-6(-9) mm (vs. 1-2 mm) long, corolla much larger in size, white (vs. pink), with 7-9 
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
5-6 mm (vs. 3-5 
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
2-3 mm) standard and 7-9 mm (vs. 3-5 mm) long keels.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="9">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Huan C. Wang &amp; Jin L. Liu" authorityYear="2022" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Indigofera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Indigofera vallicola" order="Fabales" pageId="0" pageNumber="9" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="vallicola">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">Indigofera vallicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is somewhat close to 
<taxonomicName genus="I." lsidName="I. franchetii" pageId="0" pageNumber="9" rank="species" species="franchetii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">I. franchetii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
X. F. Gao &amp; Schrire, an endemic species found from the dry-hot valleys of Jinsha River and its tributaries in southwestern China. Nevertheless, 
<taxonomicName genus="I." lsidName="I. franchetii" pageId="0" pageNumber="9" rank="species" species="franchetii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">I. franchetii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from 
<taxonomicName genus="I." lsidName="I. vallicola" pageId="0" pageNumber="9" rank="species" species="vallicola">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">I. vallicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having 35-50 cm long branchlets, (11-)17-27-foliolate leaves ca. 5-10 cm long, racemes 5.5-11 cm long, peduncles 0.7-3.0 cm long, pedicels 0.5-1.0 mm long, calyces cup-shaped, standards oblong-elliptic, 7-8 mm long, legumes 2.5-4.0 cm long, 1.5-2.5 mm in diameter. The new species shows some similarities with 
<taxonomicName genus="I." lsidName="I. chaetodonta" pageId="0" pageNumber="9" rank="species" species="chaetodonta">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">I. chaetodonta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Franch. in the habit, flower size, and calyx shape. However, 
<taxonomicName genus="I." lsidName="I. chaetodonta" pageId="0" pageNumber="9" rank="species" species="chaetodonta">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">I. chaetodonta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is well differentiated from 
<taxonomicName genus="I." lsidName="I. vallicola" pageId="0" pageNumber="9" rank="species" species="vallicola">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">I. vallicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having (5 or) 7- or 9-foliolate leaves 0.6-1.5 (-2.0) cm long, leaflet blades oblong to oblanceolate, 3.5-6 
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
1.5-2.5 mm, adaxially nearly glabrous, standards broadly elliptic, 5-7 
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
ca. 4 mm, legumes 1.5-2.0 cm long, glabrous or with sparse appressed medifixed trichomes.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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