Campanula luzhijiangensis (Campanulaceae), a new species from Yunnan, southwest China

Abstract

Campanula luzhijiangensis (Campanulaceae: Campanuleae) is described and illustrated as a new species from Yunnan, southwest China. The new species is mainly characterized by its relatively gracile stems polyphyllous, small and oblanceolate leaves, and flowers and fruits with small size within Chinese Campanula. It is only known from a single locality in the valley of the Luzhijiang River, usually occurring in the rock crevices, xerophilous scrubs or grasslands. A table of morphological characters comparing the new species with its closest relatives is provided along with a key to the species of Campanula from Yunnan Province, as well as a preliminary conservation assessment of C. luzhijiangensis under the IUCN criteria.

Campanula dimorphantha Schweinf. Additions to Angiosperm flora of Doaba region of Punjab, India

“…were examined for identification. Plant species was identified using available literature (Hong, 1983;Haung, 1991;Hajra and Sanjappa, 1996;Hong, 2015;Khan and Patil, 2020;Wang et al, 2022) as well as internet resources. Plant is annual, erect up to 10-35cm tall.…”

“…Generally, genus Campanula is dominant in Mediterranean region (Fedorov and Kovanda, 1978;Contandriopoulos, 1984). According to Wang et al (2022), plants of this genera are perennials in life form with alternate leaves, flowers with five sepals, tubular or funnel-form five lobed corolla and inferior ovary. Previously, floristic diversity of Doaba region was studied by Sharma, et al, (2009); Manhas., (2010); Rawat et al, (2013); Kaur et al, (2017) and Kaur, (2021).…”