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60. Notoseris C. Shih, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 25: 196. 1987.
紫菊属 zi ju shu
Authors: Zhu Shi & Norbert Kilian
Herbs, perennial. Stem erect, rarely scandent and ± zigzag, branched apically, glabrous or glandular hairy, leafy. Leaves pinnately lobed, more rarely undivided. Synflorescence with few to numerous capitula and capillaceous branchlets. Capitula pendent at anthesis, with 3-12 florets; peduncle capillaceous. Involucre narrowly cylindric. Phyllaries often tinged purple; outer phyllaries few, gradually longer centripetally, longest ca. 1/2 as long as inner ones; inner phyllaries 3(or 4), 5, or ca. 8, ± equal in length, ± linear-lanceolate to linear. Receptacle naked. Florets some shade of purple. Achene usually purplish to brownish red, cylindric to subfusiform, compressed, with 5 main ribs and 2 secondary ribs in between, apex truncate. Pappus white, single, of slender scabrid bristles.
About 11 species: China, Himalayan region; ten species (eight endemic) in China.
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Herbs scandent; stem ± zigzag |
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Herbs not scandent; stem straight, erect |
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Inner phyllaries ca. 8; capitula with 10-12 florets. |
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1 N. yakoensis |
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Inner phyllaries 4 or 5; capitula with 5-8 florets. |
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2 N. scandens |
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Inner phyllaries 3 or 4; capitula with 3 or 4 florets; base of petiole often expanded and auriculately clasping. |
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10 N. triflora |
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Inner phyllaries 5; capitula with 4-6 florets; base of petiole never expanded and clasping |
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Blade of lower and middle stem leaves not divided |
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Blade of lower and middle stem leaves pinnately lobed |
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Lower and middle stem leaves hastate-triangular to rhombic; involucre at anthesis and in fruit less than 1.2 cm. |
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3 N. nanchuanensis |
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Lower and middle stem leaves ovate to triangular-ovate; involucre at anthesis and in fruit 1.2-1.5 cm |
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Middle stem leaves narrowly ovate, base cuneate, petiole winged; upper stem leaves sessile. |
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4 N. guizhouensis |
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Middle stem leaves ovate to triangular-ovate, base cordate, truncate, or cuneate, petiole unwinged; upper stem leaves shortly petiolate. |
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6 N. macilenta |
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Terminal lobe of lower and middle stem leaves narrowly elliptic to lanceolate, always much exceeded in width by upper pair of lateral lobes separated by winged or unwinged rachis. |
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8 N. porphyrolepis |
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Terminal lobe of lower and middle stem leaves ovate, triangular-ovate, or broadly rhombic, not or slightly exceeded in width by upper pair of lateral lobes separated by winged or unwinged rachis |
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Involucre at anthesis ca. 1.2 cm and in fruit to 1.6 cm. |
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7 N. melanantha |
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Involucre at anthesis and in fruit 0.9-1.2 cm |
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Involucre at anthesis ca. 1 cm and in fruit to 1.2 cm; achene basally more attenuate than apically; pappus not distinctly exceeding involucre in fruit. |
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5 N. yunnanensis |
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Involucre at anthesis ca. 0.9 cm and in fruit to 1 cm; achene apically more attenuate than basally; pappus distinctly exceeding involucre in fruit. |
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9 N. wilsonii |
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