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Saussurea grandicapitula W. Lee et H. T. Im (Compositae), a New Species from the Taebaek Mountains, Korea  

Lee, Woo-Tchul (Division of Life Sciences, Kangwon National University)
Im, Hyoung-Tak (Department of Biology, Institute of Plant Resources, Chonnam National University)
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Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy / v.37, no.4, 2007 , pp. 387-393 More about this Journal
Abstract
Saussurea grandicapitulata, a new species of Saussurea, was repodrted in the Taebaek Mountains. It has peculiar morphological characters, easily distinguisable from other Saussurea in Korea and Japan; robust plant size, pale green leaf beneath, purplish brown-cobwebby hairs on petioles of radical and lower cauline leaves, few heads with not so long pedicel, big globose involucres with brown-cobwebby hairs, and often recurved long phyllaries. S. grandicapitula is an endemic species to Korea which was differentiated in consequence of adaptation to heavy snowy environment of the Taebaek Mountains.
Keywords
Compositae; endemic; new species; Saussurea grandicapitulata; Taebaek Mountains;
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