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New Species of Meconopsis (Papaveraceae) from Laojun Shan and Yao Shan, Northern Yunnan, China

  • YOSHIDA Toshio1 ,
  • SUN Hang2 ,
  • BOUFFORD David E 3
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  • 1 Hoshiya 3306, Oamishirasatomachi, Sambugun, Chiba 2993222, Japan; 2 Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and
    Biogeography, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650204, China; 
    3 Harvard University Herbaria, 22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 021382020, U.S.A.

Online published: 2012-06-28

Abstract

Two new species, Meconopsis muscicola and M.yaoshanensis (Papaveraceae), are described and characterized. Differences separating them from similar species are discussed and photos showing their diagnostic features are provided.

Cite this article

YOSHIDA Toshio1 , SUN Hang2 , BOUFFORD David E 3 . New Species of Meconopsis (Papaveraceae) from Laojun Shan and Yao Shan, Northern Yunnan, China[J]. Plant Diversity, 2012 , 34(2) : 145 -149 . DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1143.2012.11188

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