Plastid Phylogenomic Analyses Reveal a Cryptic Species of Ligusticopsis (Apiaceae, Angiosperms).

ABSTRACT: Ligusticopsis litangensis is identified and described as a cryptic species from Sichuan Province, China. Although the distribution of this cryptic species overlaps with that of Ligusticopsis capillacea and Ligusticopsis dielsiana, the morphological boundaries between them are explicit and have obviously distinguishable characters. The main distinguishing features of the cryptic species are as follows: long conical multi-branched roots, very short pedicels in compound umbels, unequal rays, oblong-globose fruits, 1-2 vittae per furrow and 3-4 vittae on the commissure. The above-mentioned features differ somewhat from other species within the genus Ligusticopsis, but generally coincide with the morphological boundaries defined for the genus Ligusticopsis. To

SUBMITTER: Tian R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10138589 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature