identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
039D87F9FFF3FFF7FF4E1FD8F2D5FC4E.text	039D87F9FFF3FFF7FF4E1FD8F2D5FC4E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Saussurea aksuensis T. Li & Y. S. Chen 2025	<div><p>1. Saussurea aksuensis T. Li &amp; Y. S. Chen, sp. nov. (Figures 1 &amp; 4)</p><p>Type: — CHINA. Xinjiang, Aksu City, Wensu County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=80.36694&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=41.69167" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 80.36694/lat 41.69167)">Kekeya, Takalage</a>, 41°41’30’’N, 80°22’1’’E, 1850–2200 m, 22 July 2022, Y. S. Chen &amp; T. Li 22149 (Holotype: IBSC; Isotype: IBSC) .</p><p>Description: —Herbs perennial, 20–40 cm tall. Rootstock stout, apically branched, densely covered with remains of leaf sheaths. Stems solitary or many, ca. 5 mm in diam., erect, simple or branched above middle, nearly glabrous. Basal and lower stem leaves petiolate; leaf blade lanceolate or broadly elliptic or elliptic, 6–15 × 4–11 cm, fleshy, lyrately pinnatisect or pinnately lobed, both surfaces green, glabrous; lateral lobes ovate to oblong, margin entire or subentire; terminal lobes ovate to rounded, or triangular, larger, margin subentire, apex acute to obtuse. Middle and upper stem leaves petiolate, ovate to obovate, apex acute to obtuse. Uppermost leaves short petiolate or sessile. Capitula numerous, in a corymbiform synflorescence, pedunculate. Involucres campanulate, 3–4 mm in diameter. Phyllaries in 5–8 rows, glabrous, apex acute or acuminate, purplish-green, margin membranous; outer phyllaries elliptic, 8–15 × 2–3 mm; middle phyllaries narrowly ovate-elliptic, 4–5 × 2–3 mm; inner phyllaries linear-lanceolate, 2–3 × 1–2 mm. Corolla purple, 1.3–1.6 cm, tube ca. 10 mm, limb ca. 6 mm. Achenes reddish brown, cylindric, 2.5–3 mm, glabrous. Pappus white; outer bristles ca. 3 mm, scabrous; inner bristles ca. 10 mm, plumose.</p><p>Phenology: —Flowering and fruiting from June to August.</p><p>Etymology: — Saussurea aksuensis is named after its type locality, Wensu county, Aksu city, Xinjiang, China. In Chinese, it is called “ ñ克ḴKŧẅ ”.</p><p>Distribution and habitat: — Saussurea aksuensis was found in Wensu County, Xinjiang, China (Figure 5). It grows on the negative slope of red soil, at altitudes of 1850–2200 meters.</p><p>Additional specimens examined (paratypes): — China, Xinjiang, Aksu City, the Taghlag Coal Mine, 1800 m, 18 June 1978, Xinjiang Expedition 597 (PE, XJBI) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039D87F9FFF3FFF7FF4E1FD8F2D5FC4E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Du, Si-Yi;Li, Tian;Xu, Lian-Sheng;Chen, You-Sheng	Du, Si-Yi, Li, Tian, Xu, Lian-Sheng, Chen, You-Sheng (2025): Two new species of Saussurea (Asteraceae, Cardueae) from Xinjiang, China. Phytotaxa 721 (2): 187-195, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.721.2.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.721.2.7
039D87F9FFF1FFF6FF4E1F48F5D2FD8D.text	039D87F9FFF1FFF6FF4E1F48F5D2FD8D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Saussurea tianshanensis T. Li & Y. S. Chen 2025	<div><p>2. Saussurea tianshanensis T. Li &amp; Y. S. Chen, sp. nov. (Figure 6)</p><p>Type: — CHINA. Xinjiang, Hami City, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=93.840004&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=43.20778" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 93.840004/lat 43.20778)">East Tianshan mountion, Dangsheng Gully</a>, 43° 12’ 28” N, 93° 50’ 24” E, 1660 m, 22 July 2021, T. Li &amp; Y. S. Chen CYS21102 (Holotype: IBSC; Isotype: IBSC) .</p><p>Description: —Herbs 28–50 cm tall, perennial. Rootstock stout, apically branched, covered with remains of leaf sheaths. Stems many, erect, branched above middle, green, nearly glabrous. Leaf fleshy, green, both surfaces sparsely arachnoid, glabrescent. Basal and lower stem leaves petiolate, 2–4 cm, base widened; leaf blade oblong to elliptic, ca. 5 × ca. 2 cm, pinnately divided; segments 4–5 pairs, linear-lanceolate, margin entire, apex acute with a mucronate. Middle stem leaves gradually smaller upward on stem, pinnately divided. Uppermost stem leaves linear, undivided. Capitula usually solitary or in a corymbiform synflorescence. Involucre ovoid, ca. 5 mm in diam. Phyllaries in 5–7 rows, imbricate, purplish-green, arachnoid lanate, margin membranous, apex acute; outer phyllaries ovate; middle phyllaries ovate-oblong; inner phyllaries linear-lanceolate. Corolla purple, ca. 1.1 cm, tube ca. 5.5 mm, limb ca. 8 mm. Achene cylindrical, ca. 4 mm. Pappus white; outer bristles ca. 3 mm, setaceous; inner bristles ca. 10 mm, plumose.</p><p>Phenology:—Flowering and fruiting from July to August.</p><p>Etymology:— Saussurea tianshanensis is derived from its type locality, the Eastern Tianshan Mountains, Hami City, Xinjiang, China. Its Chinese name is proposed as “ 哈ĒKŧẅ ”.</p><p>Distribution and habitat:— Saussurea tianshanensis was found in Dangshen Gully of the Eastern Tianshan Mountains, Hami City, Xinjiang, China (Figure 6). It grows on the side of the canyon road, gravel slope, about 1660 m.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039D87F9FFF1FFF6FF4E1F48F5D2FD8D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Du, Si-Yi;Li, Tian;Xu, Lian-Sheng;Chen, You-Sheng	Du, Si-Yi, Li, Tian, Xu, Lian-Sheng, Chen, You-Sheng (2025): Two new species of Saussurea (Asteraceae, Cardueae) from Xinjiang, China. Phytotaxa 721 (2): 187-195, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.721.2.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.721.2.7
