Neopallasia

Neopallasia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Anthemideae[1]
Genus: Neopallasia
Poljakov
Binomial name
Neopallasia pectinata
(Pallas) Poljakov
Synonyms[1]

Neopallasia is a genus of Asian flowering plants in the chamomile tribe within the daisy family.[2][3][4][5] Molecular data indicate that Neopallasia is closely related to Seriphidium and could be easily included with that genus.[5]

Species

The only accepted species is Neopallasia pectinata. Neopallasia pectinata is an erect herb, 12–40 cm tall with pinnately divided sessile oblong-elliptic leaves. This plant of deserts grows in gravelly river valleys and wastelands at 1300–3400 m elevation. This variable species is known from northern and western China (provinces of Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Yunnan, Tibet) as well as Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, and Russia (Altay and Chita).[6][1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ↑ Poljakov, Petr Petrovich. 1955. Botanicheskie Materialy Gerbariya Botanicheskogo Instituta Imeni V. L. Komarova Akademii Nauk S S S R. Leningrad 17: 429
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Neopallasia Poljakov
  4. ↑ Authors: Zhu Shi, Christopher J. Humphries & Michael G. Gilbert. Flora of China; Neopallasia Poljakov. Accessed Oct. 31, 2012. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=122037
  5. 1 2 Watson, Linda E.; Bates, Paul L,; Evans, Timothy M,; Unwin Matthew M,; and James R. Estes. 2002. Molecular phylogeny of Subtribe Artemisiinae (Asteraceae), including Artemisia and its allied and segregate genera. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2:17. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-2-17
  6. ↑ Authors: 栉叶蒿 Zhi Yehao. Flora of China, 栉叶蒿属 zhi ye hao shu Neopallasia pectinata Poljakov. Accessed Oct. 31, 2012. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242333577


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