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75. Cortiella C. Norman, J. Bot. 75: 94. 1937.
栓果芹属 shuan guo qin shu
She Menglan (佘孟兰 Sheh Meng-lan); Mark F. Watson
Herbs, perennial, low, acaulescent or shortly caulescent, usually forming compact rosettes closely appressed to soil surface. Tap root stout, vertical. Stem base densely clothed in fibrous remnant sheaths. Leaves petiolate; blade oblong, 2–3-pinnatisect; ultimate segments linear. Umbels compound, solitary terminal umbel usually sessile, appearing as a cluster of simple umbels, lateral umbels few, pedunculate, obviously compound; bracts many, foliaceous, 1–2-pinnate; rays 10–15; bracteoles numerous, linear or apex 3-lobed. Calyx teeth prominent, linear-lanceolate or triangular-acuminate, unequal. Petals ovate, entire or emarginate, apex narrowly inflexed. Fruit pale yellow or purplish tinged when mature, flat-globose, dorsally compressed, cordate at both ends; ribs broadly winged, wings corky-spongy, unequal, lateral wings usually broader than dorsal; vittae 1 in each furrow, 2 on commissure. Seed face plane. Carpophore 2-cleft to base.
Three species: Bhutan, China, NE India, Nepal, Sikkim; three species (one endemic) in China.
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Petioles and rachis glabrous, ultimate segments obovate, 3-lobed, apex rounded. |
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2 Cortiella caespitosa |
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Petioles and rachis densely puberulous, ultimate segments linear, apex acute. |
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Dorsal ribs wings broad, slightly narrower than lateral wings, often convoluted and crowded when mature; ultimate leaf segments less than 4 mm; styles (1.5–)2–3.5 mm after flowering. |
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1 Cortiella hookeri |
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Dorsal ribs wings narrow, often poorly developed, much narrower than lateral wings, not convoluted and crowded; ultimate leaf segments usually more than 4 mm; styles 1.75–3 mm after flowering. |
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3 Cortiella cortioides |
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