Three new taxa of Potentilla (Rosaceae) from Caucasus and Mongolia

A. A. Kechaykin

DOI: https://doi.org/10.31111/novitates/2017.48.84

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Abstract

Three new taxa of the genus Potentilla L. are described. P. × boreo-caucasica nothosp. nova is a hybrid from the North Caucasus. P. ekaterinae sp. nova is a new species from the mountains of Southern Mongolia, closely related to P. ikonnikovii Juz. The last two species endemic to Central and South Mongolia are referred to an isolated section Ikonnikovia sect. nova which is described here.

Key words: Potentilla, new species, new hybrid, new section, North Caucasus, South Mongolia, endemics

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Kechaykin A. A. 2017. Three new taxa of Potentilla (Rosaceae) from Caucasus and Mongolia// Novitates Syst. Pl. Vasc. Vol. 48. P. 84-88. https://doi.org/10.31111/novitates/2017.48.84

Submitted: 14.03.2017. Accepted: 23.11.2017.

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