Corispermum pseudofalcatum Tsien & C.G.Ma in Kung & al., Acta Phytotax. Sin. 16(1): 119 (1978)
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Corispermum pseudofalcatum Tsien & C.G.Ma in Kung & al., Acta Phytotax. Sin. 16(1): 119 (1978) |
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5. Corispermum pseudofalcatum Tsien & C.G.Ma in Kung & al., Acta Phytotax. Sin. 16(1): 119 (1978)
Holotype.
CHINA, Xizang, vicinity of Xigazê (Rikaze), farmland edge, 3800 m a.s.l., [without exact date] 1960, Fu Guo-Xun 789 (PE00934050!).
Description.
Annual to 20 cm, branched at base, (almost) glabrous. Leaves lanceolate, oblanceolate or oblong, 10.0-30.0 × 3.0-5.0 mm, continuously turning into imbricate bracts. Inflorescence elongated. Bracts lanceolate, appressed to the stem or obliquely orientated, not or slightly recurved, completely covering the fruit. Fruit 4.5-5.5 mm long, glabrous but with scattered warts and tanniniferous pigments, apically emarginate (Fig. 33F View Figure 33 ), thick (0.7-1.0 mm). Wing clearly visible (0.70)0.90-1.40 mm, denticulate, narrowly triangular in cross-section. Pericarp detachments not detected. Sclereids in medium fruit part with 1-2 inner layers (orientated parallel to the fruit axis).
Habitat.
Screes and sandy riverbeds; 3000-4200 m a.s.l.
Phenology.
Flowering: July-September; fruiting: August-October.
Distribution.
This species is known only from the type locality (Fig. 35 View Figure 35 ). Both morphological and carpological characters as well as its record in South Tibet indicate its affinity to C. lhasaense .
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