Abstract
In this paper, a new hybrid species, Pulsatilla ${\times}$ yanbianensis H.Z. Lv, is named and described from the Yanbian area of Jilin Province in China. Molecular data confirm that this taxon is a result of natural hybridization between P. dahurica and P. cernua. As intermediate and mosaic phenotypes are expected for an interspecific hybrid, the leaves of P. ${\times}$ yanbianensis are fully expanded at the anthesis, resembling one of the parental species, P. daurica. However, the hybrid taxon is distinct from P. daurica by having reddish violet sepals and sterile fruits. Pulsatilla ${\times}$ yanbianensis also resembles the other parental species, P. cernua, in that it has dark red sepals and styles. The new hybrid, however, can be distinguished from P. cernua because it has leaf margins with short hairs and fully expanded leaves at the anthesis.
중국 연변지역에서 할미꽃속의 신잡종인 연변할미꽃(Pulsatilla ${\times}$ yanbianensis H.Z. Lv)을 새로이 발견하여 기재하였다. 연변할미꽃은 개화시 잎이 완전히 벌어져 분홍할미꽃과 유사하나, 꽃받침이 적자색이고 과실이 불임인 점에서 뚜렷이 구별된다. 연변할미꽃은 꽃받침과 화주가 흑적색인 가는할미꽃과 유사하나, 잎의 엽연에 짧은 털이 있고 개화시 잎이 완전히 벌어진 점에서 뚜렷하게 차이가 난다.