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27. Notopterygium H. de Boissieu, Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2. 3: 838. 1903.
羌活属 qiang huo shu
She Menglan (佘孟兰 Sheh Meng-lan); Mark F. Watson
Herbs perennial. Root woody; caudex usually stout-tuberous, aromatic. Stem hollow, terete, erect, often purplish, especially at base. Leaves 2–3-ternate-pinnate or pinnatisect; petiolate, sheaths membranous, clasping; ultimate segments oblong or oblong-ovate. Umbels loose compound, terminal and lateral; bracts few, deciduous; bracteoles few to many, linear or pinnatifid. Calyx teeth minute, ovate-triangular, deciduous in fruit. Petals pale yellow to whitish, ovate or ovate-orbicular. Stylopodium conic or low-conic; styles short, reflexed. Fruit oblong-ellipsoid or subglobose, slightly flattened dorsally; ribs 5, all broadly winged, sometimes somewhat unequally; commissure constricted; vittae 3–4 in each furrow, 4–6 on commissure. Seed face concave. Carpophore 2-cleft.
Six species.
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Caudex developed, elongate or tuberous, with clusters of rootlets, strongly aromatic; rays (7–)12–25(–40),
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Caudex not thickened, taproot unbranched or with slender branches, slightly aromatic; rays 5–12, 1–5 cm. |
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Bracteoles pinnatifid. |
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6 Notopterygium pinnatiinvolucellum |
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Bracteoles linear or linear-lanceolate, entire. |
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Ultimate leaf segments oblong, margin pinnatifid or variously laciniate-dentate. |
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1 Notopterygium incisum |
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Ultimate leaf segments ovate to oblong-ovate, margin entire or coarsely toothed. |
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2 Notopterygium franchetii |
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Leaves 3–4-pinnate/pinnatifid. |
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5 Notopterygium tenuifolium |
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Leaves 2-ternate/ternatifid. |
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Ultimate leaf segments ovate-lanceolate, 2.5–8 cm; bracteoles linear, shorter than flowers. |
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3 Notopterygium forrestii |
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Ultimate leaf segments ovate, 1.5–3.5 cm; bracteoles filiform, longer than flowers. |
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4 Notopterygium oviforme |
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