taxonID	type	description	language	source
796A87D6FFEDFFAC25B3F95613C80CF7.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — CHINA. Sichuan Province, Kangding City, Xinduqiao Town, inter frutices (among the shrubs), alt. 3600 m, 20 July 1963, K. J. Kuan et W. T. Wang 788 [holotype PE 01691403! (Fig. 1 A, C); isotypes PE 01691402! (Fig. 1 B, D), PE 01691404!, PE 01691405!].	en	Liao, Shu-Yuan, Chen, You-Sheng (2024): Youngia kangdingensis is a new synonym of Youngia pilifera (Asteraceae, Crepidinae). Phytotaxa 664 (3): 214-220, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.664.3.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.664.3.7
796A87D6FFEDFFAC25B3F95613C80CF7.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — CHINA. Sichuan Province, Kangding City, Shade traveled towards the Liubagongshe (now Gonggashan Township entrance), inter frutices alpinos (among alpine shrubs), alt. 3300 m, 26 July 1982, K. Y. Lang et al. 650 [holotype PE 01691133! (Fig. 4 C, D, E); isotypes PE 01691134! (Fig. 4 A), PE 01691135! (Fig. 4 B)].	en	Liao, Shu-Yuan, Chen, You-Sheng (2024): Youngia kangdingensis is a new synonym of Youngia pilifera (Asteraceae, Crepidinae). Phytotaxa 664 (3): 214-220, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.664.3.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.664.3.7
796A87D6FFEDFFAC25B3F95613C80CF7.taxon	description	Description: — Herbs 7 – 30 cm tall, perennial. Taproot with shoot-bearing lateral roots. Caudex often with residues of old leaf bases. Stem slender, erect, sparsely branched from the base or middle third, almost leafless; branches sericeous below, glabrous above. Basal leaves elliptic, ovate-elliptic, broadly ovate, oblanceolate, or orbicular, 2 – 5 cm long, 0.6 – 1.5 cm wide, lyrately pinnatipartite or undivided, sparsely to densely strigose, base attenuate or constricted into a winged petiole-like portion, 1 – 1.8 cm long, apex rounded to obtuse, lateral lobes in 1 – 4 pairs, triangular to elliptic, margin entire, apex acute, rounded, or obtuse; terminal lobe elliptic, hastate, or irregularly hastate, much larger than lateral ones, margin entire or retrorsely dentate, apex rounded to obtuse. Stem leaves absent or very few, narrowly elliptic to linear, reduced in size, apex long acuminate. Synflorescence corymbiform to paniculiform-corymbiform, with few to some capitula. Capitula with ca. 10 – 15 florets. Involucre narrowly cylindric, 8 – 10 mm long, Phyllaries dark green, 4 - seriate, abaxially glabrous; outer phyllaries broadly ovate, 1 – 1.5 mm long and wide, apex acute to obtuse; inner phyllaries ca. 8, 8 – 10 mm long, 1 mm wide, adaxially appressed hairy, midvein subapically crested or corniculate, margin white scarious, apex acute to obtuse. Achene brown, fusiform, ca. 3.5 mm long, apex strongly attenuate. Pappus white, ca. 5 – 5.5 mm long.	en	Liao, Shu-Yuan, Chen, You-Sheng (2024): Youngia kangdingensis is a new synonym of Youngia pilifera (Asteraceae, Crepidinae). Phytotaxa 664 (3): 214-220, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.664.3.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.664.3.7
796A87D6FFEDFFAC25B3F95613C80CF7.taxon	biology_ecology	Phenology: — Flowering from July to August.	en	Liao, Shu-Yuan, Chen, You-Sheng (2024): Youngia kangdingensis is a new synonym of Youngia pilifera (Asteraceae, Crepidinae). Phytotaxa 664 (3): 214-220, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.664.3.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.664.3.7
796A87D6FFEDFFAC25B3F95613C80CF7.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat: — Youngia pilifera is distributed in western Sichuan, China. It grows mainly on thickets in mountain valleys, moist areas in river valleys at elevation of 2400 – 4200 m.	en	Liao, Shu-Yuan, Chen, You-Sheng (2024): Youngia kangdingensis is a new synonym of Youngia pilifera (Asteraceae, Crepidinae). Phytotaxa 664 (3): 214-220, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.664.3.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.664.3.7
796A87D6FFEDFFAC25B3F95613C80CF7.taxon	materials_examined	Additional specimens examined: — CHINA. Sichuan: Baoxing, Jiajin Shan, 1 August 2011, Lu Peng pl 20110731 (CDBI 0247177); Heishui, Dagu glacier, 101 ° 56.149 ' E, 32 ° 07.139 ' N, alt. 2405 m, 17 August 2012, Yu-Lan Peng & Lin-Jin Tong 1188 (CDBI 0247051, CDBI 0247052); Jiulong, alt. 2828 m, 12 June 2010, Xin-Fen Gao et al. 11779 (CDBI 0247390, CDBI 0247391). Kangding, 101 ° 34 ' 22.51 '' E, 29 ° 57 ' 51.57 '' N, alt. 3349 – 3382 m, 12 July 2017, Yu-Lan Peng et al. THP-KD- 1755 (CDBI 0252899, CDBI 0252900); Kangding, alt. 3200 m, 30 July 1982, K. Y. Lang 754 (PE 01691399, KUN 353642, paratypes); Kangding, Dongeluo Cun, 101 ° 33.574 ' E, 29 ° 59.118 ' N, alt. 3453 m, 27 July 2010, Yu-Lan Peng 387 (CDBI 0246947, CDBI 0246948); Kangding, Gonggashan Xiang, 101 ° 45 ' 17 '' E, 29 ° 31 ' 49 '' N, alt. 3390 m, 9 August 2010, Liu Ende et al. 2653 (PE 01912929); Kangding, Gonggashan Xiang, 101 ° 45 ' 3.01 '' E, 29 ° 35 ' 19.44 '' N, alt. 3636 m, 13 August 2017, Wen-Bing Ju & Chen-Chen Zheng THP-KD- 6007 (CDBI 0240896, CDBI 0240897); Kangding, Jiagenba Xiang, 29.825301 ° N, 101.635578 ° E, alt. 3550 m, 1 August 2023, Y. S. Chen & S. Y. Liao KD 20230907 (IBSC); Kangding, Laoyulin Xiang, 101 ° 55 ' 4.59 '' E, 29 ° 52 ' 44.94 '' N, alt. 3629 m, 18 August 2017, Wen-Bing Ju & Chen-Chen Zheng THP-KD- 6404 (CDBI 0252320, CDBI 0252321); Kangding, Paoma Shan, 101 ° 58.126 ' E, 30 ° 03.29 ' N, alt. 2809 m, 27 July 2010, Yu-Lan Peng 427 (CDBI 0246943, CDBI 0246944); Kangding, Paoma Shan, alt. 3000 m, 11 July 1934, C. S. Liu 684 (PE 01691398, PE 01691400, paratypes); Kangding, Pengbuxi Xiang, 101 ° 31 ' 38.14 '' E, 29 ° 47 ' 59.10 '' N, alt. 3177 – 3217 m, 13 August 2017, Qi Yu et al. THP-KD- 4799 (CDBI 0252318, CDBI 0252319); Kangding, Sanhe Xiang, 102 ° 15 ' 21.27 '' E, 30 ° 20 ' 3.12 '' N, alt. 2220 – 2702 m, 12 June 2017, Yu-Lan Peng et al. THP-KD- 1077 (CDBI 0252893, CDBI 0252894); Kangding, Tagong Xiang, 101 ° 31 ' 22.71 '' E, 30 ° 19 ' 9.07 '' N, alt. 3348 – 3745 m, 11 July 2017, Qi Yu & Xiao-Xue Zhou THP-KD- 4090 (CDBI 0252316, CDBI 0252317); Kangding, Xinduqiao Zhen, 101 ° 32 ' 29 '' E, 30 ° 25 ' 29 '' N, alt. 3586 m, 17 August 2015, Jian-Wen Zhang et al. ZJW- 3078 (KUN 1275329); Kangding, Xinduqiao Zhen, Dongeluo Cun, 30.118588 ° N, 101.484665 ° E, alt. 3446 m, 1 August 2023, Y. S. Chen & S. Y. Liao KD 20230903 (IBSC); Kangding, Yala Xiang, 101 ° 56 ' 56 '' E, 30 ° 09 ' 14 '' N, alt. 3380 m, 21 July 2008, Yu-Lan Peng et al. Gaoxf 0496 (CDBI 0204456, CDBI 0204462, CDBI 0247392, CDBI 0247393); Kangding, Yala Xiang, 101 ° 57 ' 23.93 '' E, 30 ° 04 ' 56.36 '' N, alt. 2427 – 3559 m, 17 August 2017, Qi Yu et al. THP-KD- 7045 (CDBI 0249215, CDBI 0249216, CDBI 0252313, CDBI 0252314); Kangding, Yala Xiang, 101 ° 57 ' 23.93 '' E, 30 ° 04 ' 56.36 '' N, alt. 3768 – 4150 m, 19 June 2017, Yu-Lan Peng et al. THP-KD- 1474 (CDBI 0252895, CDBI 0252896); Kangding, Zhaizi Ping, 102 ° 17 ' 22.50 '' E, 30 ° 26 ' 3.13 '' N, alt. 3932 m, 3 June 2017, Xin-Fen Gao & Huai-Cheng Li THP-KD- 0468 (CDBI 0252897, CDBI 0252898).	en	Liao, Shu-Yuan, Chen, You-Sheng (2024): Youngia kangdingensis is a new synonym of Youngia pilifera (Asteraceae, Crepidinae). Phytotaxa 664 (3): 214-220, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.664.3.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.664.3.7
