Cirsium leo Nakai & Kitagawa (1934: 60)

Jin, Zi-Chao & Chen, You-Sheng, 2022, Reduction of Cirsium fangii (Asteraceae, Cardueae) to the synonymy of C. leo and description of a new species, C. sichuanense, from Sichuan, China, Phytotaxa 576 (2), pp. 158-172 : 159-160

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Cirsium leo Nakai & Kitagawa (1934: 60)
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1. Cirsium leo Nakai & Kitagawa (1934: 60) View in CoL . Figs. 1–4 View FIGURE 1 View FIGURE 2 View FIGURE 3 View FIGURE 4 , 9 View FIGURE 9

Type:— China. Jehol (now Hebei province), Xinglong county , Wuling Shan , 2 September 1933, T. Nakai et al. s.n. (holotype TI00216131 !, isotypes TI00216132 !, TI00216133 !, TI00216134 !, TI00216135 !). Figs. 3 View FIGURE 3 , 4 View FIGURE 4 .

= Cirsium pinnatibracteatum Ling (1935: 148) View in CoL .

Type:— China. Hopei (Hebei province), Fuping county , Yangshuta , alt. 1785 m, 28 August 1934, K.M. Liou 3469 [lectotype PE00030008 !, designated by Lin (2010) , isolectotypes, PE00030009 !, PE00030010 !] ; remaining syntypes: China. Hopei (Hebei), Fuping county , Baicaotuo Shan , alt. 1975 m, 28 August 1934, K.M. Liou 3441 ( PE00456122 !, PE00456117 !) ; Chakar (now Hebei province), Yuxian , Xiaowutai Shan , alt. 2000–2100 m, 13 September 1930, H.W. Kung 1274 ( PE00456115 !, PE00456138 !) ; Chakar (now Hebei province), Yuxian , Xiaowutai Shan , Xijinghekou , alt. 1250 m, 13 September 1930, H.W. Kung 1286 ( PE00456113 !, PE00456114 !). Fig. 9 View FIGURE 9 .

= Cirsium chienii Chang (1936: 160) View in CoL .

Type:— China. Szechwan (Sichuan province), Songpan county , 24 August 1928, W. P. Fang 4343 (holotype IBSC0580578 View Materials !, isotypes CQNM0012139 View Materials !, E00383892 !, GH00125933 !, IBSC0580826 View Materials !, NAS00487125 View Materials !, US021161779!). Figs. 1 View FIGURE 1 , 2 View FIGURE 2 .

= Cirsium fangii Petrak (1938: 48) View in CoL , syn. nov.

Type:— China. Szechwan (Sichuan province), Songpan county , 24 August 1928, W. P. Fang 4343 (holotype E00383892 !, isotypes CQNM0012139 View Materials !, GH00125933 !, IBSC0580578 View Materials !, IBSC0580826 View Materials !, NAS00487125 View Materials !, US021161779!). Figs. 1 View FIGURE 1 , 2 View FIGURE 2 .

Description:—Herbs 40–100 cm tall, perennial. Stems simple or tufted, erect, branched above or rarely unbranched, ribbed, with long multicellular hairs. Basal and lower cauline leaves with petiole to 5 cm long; leaf blade elliptic, oblanceolate-elliptic or lanceolate, 10–25 × 4–7 cm, pinnatifid to pinnatipartite; segments 8–12 pairs, ± narrowly elliptic, or obliquely triangular, with unequal triangular teeth laterally spiny and with an apical spine 3–12 mm long. Cauline leaves sessile, amplexicaul, ± narrowly lanceolate, pinnatilobate to pinnatipartite; segments 4–6 pairs, triangular, with 1–3 unequal triangular teeth laterally spiny and with an apical spine 2–4 mm long; terminal segment largest. All leaves concolorous, green, with crispate multicellular hairs dense abaxially along veins but scattered elsewhere. Capitula corymbose, erect or rarely nodding. Involucre campanulate, ca. 4 cm diam., sparsely cobwebby. Phyllaries in ca. 8 rows, lacking wings and scarious appendage, all of similar length; outer and middle phyllaries 2–3 × 0.2–0.3 cm, pectinately fringed with spinules to 2.5 mm long, basal portion triangular to lanceolate, apical portion subulate tipped with a spinule ca. 3 mm long, patent or reflexed; inner phyllaries lanceolate to linear, ca. 2 × 0.1–0.2 cm, apex long acuminate. Florets bisexual. Corolla purplish, rarely white, ca. 2.4 cm long, tube ca. 1 cm long. Achene dark gray, ca. 5 mm long. Pappus bristles dirty white, ca. 1.5 cm long.

Phenology:—Flowering from (June–) July to September.

Distribution and habitat:— Cirsium leo is distributed in Beijing, Chongqing, Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, and northern Sichuan, China ( Fig. 10 View FIGURE 10 ). It grows mainly on grassy slopes, at forest margins, in flooded lands, rocky crevices, wet places or along streams in ravines at elevations 700–3400 m above sea level.

Additional specimens examined:— CHINA. Beijng: Miyun , 10 July 1972, Miyun Exped. MI485 ( PE01205337 ). Chongqing: Chengkou, alt. 2000 m, 1 July 2004, Yan-Sheng Chen at el. 613 ( WUK0488176 View Materials ); Chengkou , alt 1100 m, 6 July 1959, P.Y. Li 1926 ( WUK0350419 View Materials ). Gansu: Kangle , alt. 2450 m, 6 July 1992, Y.C. Wang 92053 ( KUN0048474 View Materials ); Lintan , alt. 2900 m, 20 July 1936, T.P. Wang 5164 ( PE00456193 ); Lixian , alt. 1900 m, 23 July 1936, T.P. Wang 4476 ( PE00456189 ); Liupan Shan, August 1956, Huanghe Exped. 2221 ( PE00456196 ); Luqu , alt. 3100 m, 10 August 1991, Taohe Exped. 534 ( KUN0048473 View Materials ); Tianshui , alt. 2450 m, 8 August 1960, K.T. Fu 14156 ( WUK0162714 View Materials ); Wenxian , alt. 2350–2400 m, 25 June 2006, Baishuijiang Exped. 0107 ( PE01612625 ); Wenxian , alt. 2614 m, 8 September 2011, L.Q. Li et al. 140 ( PE01914127 ); Wenxian , alt. 2600 m, 29 July 1959, Z. Y. Zhang 7649 ( WUK0147400 View Materials ); Xiahe , alt. 2400 m, 7 July 1937, K. T. Fu 1099 ( PE00456190 ); Xiahe , alt. 2500 m, 11 July 1937, K. T. Fu 1184 ( PE00456209 , WUK0022542 View Materials ); Zhugqu , alt. 2200 m, 20 July 1998, Bailongjiang Exped. 418 ( PE01537055 , PE01537058 ). Hebei: Laiyuan, alt. 960 m, 25 July 1959, Anonymous 43728 ( PE00456135 , PE00456136 ); Xinglong, alt. 1750 m, 22 July 1984, X. W. Zhang et al. 0191 ( PE01258875 , PE01258876 ); Xinglong, Wuling Shan, August 1935, Y. Liu 11690 ( PE00456119 ); Yuxian , Xiaowutai Shan, 11 September 1951, C. K. Yang 615 ( PE00456120 ); Yuxian, Xiaowutai Shan , alt. 1990 m, 23 July 1959, Anonymous 5392 ( PE00456124 , PE00456125 ); Yuxian, Xiaowutai Shan, alt. 1500 m, 31 July 1934, C. W. Wang 61995 ( PE00456111 ); Zhuolu , alt. 1266 m, 2 September 2014, S. Shi et al. SZ4003 ( PE02034854 ); Zhuolu , alt. 1445 m, 3 September 2014, S. Shi et al. SZ4026 ( PE02064033 ). Henan: Jiyuan , 29 July 2015, C. S. Zhu et al. 150729177 (AU064869); Luanchuan, alt. 1150 m, 16 June 1984, Huangtu Exped. 2699 ( WUK0455748 View Materials ); Lingbao, alt. 1240 m, 16 August 1958, J. Q. Fu 150 ( KUN0048468 View Materials ); Luoning , alt. 1100 m, 11 June 1984, Huangtu Exped. 2602 ( WUK0456711 View Materials , WUK0456712 View Materials ); Lushi, 28 July 1935, K. M. Liou 4805 ( PE00456168 , WUK0016184 View Materials ); Lushi , alt. 1150 m, 15 July 1959, Anonymous 34302 ( PE00456167 , PE00456171 ); Neixiang, 15 July 2006, C. S. Zhu 20060715 ( HITBC0019102 View Materials ); Songxian , alt. 850 m, 6 September 1983, Exped. PL. Econ. L0427 ( PE00456166 ); Xixia, 10 July 1960, K. C. Kuan & T. L. Dai 940 ( KUN0048470 View Materials , PE00456169 , PE00456170 ). Ningxia: Guyuan , alt. 2400 m, 23 June 1976, Q. Du 76-0245 ( HNWP64002 View Materials ); Jingyuan , alt. 1800 m, 3 October 1984, J.X. Yang 5631 ( WUK0451315 View Materials , WUK0451316 View Materials ). Shaanxi: Danfeng , alt. 1900 m, 22 September 1958, S. B. He 393 ( WUK0101554 View Materials ); Fengxian , alt. 2200 m, 19 July 1964, K. T. Fu 16153 ( WUK0363575 View Materials ); Foping , alt. 1550 m, 22 June 1952, K. T. Fu 4679 ( KUN0048479 View Materials , PE00456178 , WUK0059705 View Materials ); Huanglong , alt. 1300 m, 22 July 1983, Huangtu Exped. 0129 ( WUK0441820 View Materials ); Huaying, 9 June 1939, T. N. Liou 1065 ( PE00456184 ); Huaying, Hua Shan , alt. 1800 m, 8 August 1932, K. S. Hao 4006 ( PE00456186 ); Langao, alt. 2160 m, 28 June 2004, Yan-Sheng Chen at el. 477 ( WUK0488071 View Materials ); Meixian , alt. 1800 m, 22 July 2013, Qingling Exped. Tb-129 ( BNU004962 View Materials ); Meixian, Taibai Shan, alt. 1700 m, 24 July 1933, T. P. Wang 1338 ( PE00456156 , PE00456187 ); Meixian, Taibai Shan , alt. 2880 m, 10 September 1937, T. N. Liou & P. C. Tsoong 752 ( PE00456177 , WUK0022582 View Materials ); Meixian, Taibai Shan, September 1938, W. Y. Hsia 4671 ( IBSC0580845 View Materials ); Ningshan , alt. 1800 m, 27 July 1978, K. T. Fu 17632 ( WUK0347148 View Materials , WUK0347149 View Materials ); Shiquan , alt. 1400 m, 14 June 1959, J. Q. Xing 7333 ( WUK0130010 View Materials ); Weinan , alt. 1300 m, 30 June 1952, T. P. Wang 15559 ( KUN0048481 View Materials , PE00456180 ). Shanxi: Hunyuan , 22 July 1959, X. Y. Liu et al. 10171 ( PE00607959 ); Huozhou , alt. 1700 m, 30 Sep. 1935, T. P. Wang 963 ( PE00456149 ); Jiaocheng, 28 June 1959, S. Ma 15157 ( HNWP6437 View Materials , HSIB016831 View Materials , WUK0320011 View Materials ); Jiexiu, 12 July 1959, X. Y. Liu 5356 ( HNWP142639 View Materials , WUK0321568 View Materials ); Lingchuan , alt. 1500 m, 18 October 1982, K. T. Fu 18894 ( WUK0431228 View Materials , WUK0431229 View Materials ); Luliang, Lishiqu , alt. 1940, 5 July 1955, Huanghe Exped. 2427 ( PE00456163 , WUK0482858 View Materials ); Ningwu, alt. 1500 m, 23 August 1959, X. Y. Liu 15460 ( HNWP142640 View Materials , WUK0321943 View Materials ); Ningwu , alt. 1580 m, 12 July 1957, K. M. Liou 1496 ( PE00456157 ); Ningwu , alt. 1900 m, 24 July 1959, X. Y. Liu 15222 ( HNWP142643 View Materials ); Qinxian , Lingkong Shan, 18 July 1959, K. C. Kuan et Y. L. Chen 00908 ( HNWP142645 View Materials , PE00456143 , PE00456159 ); Ruicheng , alt. 1560 m, 22 August 1959, S. Y. Bao 540 ( HNWP142647 View Materials , PE00456155 , PE00456158 ); Tsincheng (Jincheng), Taihang Shan, alt. 720 m, 19 June 1937, K. M. Liou 7351 ( PE00456160 , WUK0022754 View Materials ); Wutai, 7 July 1959, K. C. Kuan et Y. L. Chen 2155 ( PE00456162 ); Wutai , alt. 1730 m, 18 August 1953, Shanxi Exped. 593 ( PE00456164 , PE00456165 ); Wutai , alt. 2000 m, 28 July 1959, K. C. Kuan et Y. L. Chen 2536 ( HSIB016828 View Materials , PE00456142 , PE00456144 ); Wuzhai , alt. 1900 m, 18 August 1955, Huanghe Exped. 2936 ( PE00456161 , WUK0099357 View Materials ); Xiaxian, alt. 1060 m, 29 June 1962, W. T. Liu 0335 ( HNWP142650 View Materials , PE00456150 ); Yangqu , alt. 1500 m, 14 July 1991, W. T. Liu 0053 ( HSIB016830 View Materials ); Yuanqu , alt. 1460 m, 5 June 1960, X. Y. Liu & F. Zhao 20113 ( HNWP142648 View Materials , PE00456148 ); Yingxian , alt. 2204 m, 13 July 2014, H. C. Duan Dch 0294 ( PE02035968 ). Yongji , alt. 1350 m, 23 May 1962, T. W. Liu 0190 ( HNWP142649 View Materials , PE00456145 ); Yuncheng, 11 July 1954, Shanxi Exped. 135 ( PE01553488 , PE01553489 ). Sichuan: Pingwu , 16 July 2007, 2830 m, X. J. He et al. 129301 ( SZ01044573 ); Pingwu, 9 July 2013, T. Wang FSB-740 ( PE01994074 ); Songpan , alt. 3100 m, 17 September 1937, K. T. Fu 1799 ( PE00456203 , WUK0022719 View Materials ); Zoige , alt 2450 m, 8 August 2007, D. H. Zhu et al. 4439 ( WCSBG019673 View Materials ).

Notes: —Shi (1987) reduced Cirsium pinnatibracteatum to the synonymy of C. leo . We have checked the type material of C. pinnatibracteatum and accept this treatment.

Cirsium pinnatibracteatum was described on the basis of four collections, K.M. Liou 3469, K.M. Liou 3441, H.W. Kung 1274 and H.W. Kung 1286, and Ling (1935) did not designate type for this name. Lin (2010) designated a PE sheet of the collection K.M. Liou 3469 (PE00030008; Fig. 9 A View FIGURE 9 ) as the lectotype of this name.

T

Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics

W

Naturhistorisches Museum Wien

P

Museum National d' Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN) - Vascular Plants

Z

Universität Zürich

Y

Yale University

K

Royal Botanic Gardens

C

University of Copenhagen

S

Department of Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History

J

University of the Witwatersrand

Q

Universidad Central

M

Botanische Staatssammlung München

PL

Západoceské muzeum v Plzni

L

Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Leiden University branch

B

Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Zentraleinrichtung der Freien Universitaet

N

Nanjing University

F

Field Museum of Natural History, Botany Department

H

University of Helsinki

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Family

Asteraceae

Genus

Cirsium

Loc

Cirsium leo Nakai & Kitagawa (1934: 60)

Jin, Zi-Chao & Chen, You-Sheng 2022
2022
Loc

Cirsium fangii

Petrak, F. 1938: )
1938
Loc

Cirsium chienii

Chang, C. C. 1936: )
1936
Loc

Cirsium pinnatibracteatum

Ling, Y. 1935: )
1935
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