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拉萨蒲公英Taraxacum sherriffii V. Soest

拉萨蒲公英Taraxacum sherriffii V. Soest

科名:菊科 Compositae

属名:蒲公英属 Taraxacum

《中国植物志》第80(2)卷066页
  63.拉萨蒲公英(西藏植物志)图版15:1-4
  Taraxacum sherriffii V. Soest in Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Bot. 2 (10): 272. 1961. et in Wentia 10: 63. f. 31. 1963. descr. add. ; Nasir et Ali, Fl. W. Pakistan 794. 1972.
  多年生草本。根颈部有残存叶基,下部多少被蛛丝状柔毛。叶长13-15厘米。宽约1.8厘米,外层叶先端钝,近全缘,或每侧具3裂,侧裂片正三角形;内层叶每侧具5裂,侧裂片狭窄,披针形或线形,先端略钝,全缘或有一小齿,平展或倒向;裂片间距较长,长可达15毫米,宽约3毫米;顶端裂片常大,先端略钝,叶柄短。花葶2-3个,纤细,高10-12厘米,不等长,上端有蛛丝柔毛或近无毛;头状花序直径20-25毫米;总苞钟形,长约11毫米,宽约15毫米,暗绿色;外层总苞片伏贴,披针形,尖,具宽、白色或绿色边缘,先端有小角;内层总苞片线形,具膜质边缘,无毛;舌状花黄色,边缘花舌片背面有灰紫色条纹,柱头和花柱黄色。瘦果麦秆黄色,长3-4毫米,上部具较粗的小刺,下部具小瘤,顶端略突然缢缩为长1.8毫米的圆柱形喙基,喙长6毫米;冠毛白色,长6-7毫米。
  产青海、云南西北部及西藏。生于海拔2300-4500米山坡草地。克什米尔也有分布。模式标本采自西藏拉萨。
  本种外层总苞片先端有显著小角及较宽的边缘,与毛柄蒲公英 T. eriopodum(D. Don)DC.明显不同。
形态特征:多年生草本。根颈部有残存叶基,下部多少被蛛丝状柔毛。叶长13—15厘米.宽约1.8厘米,外层叶先端钝,近全缘,或每侧具3裂,侧裂片正三角形;内层叶每侧具5裂,侧裂片狭窄,披针形或线形,先端略钝,全缘或有一小齿,平展或倒向;裂片间距较长,长可达15毫米,宽约3毫米;顶端裂片常大,先端略钝,叶柄短。花葶2—3个,纤细,高10—12厘米,不等长,上端有蛛丝柔毛或近无毛;头状花序直径20—25毫米;总苞钟形,长约11毫米,宽约15毫米,暗绿色;外层总苞片伏贴,披针形,尖,具宽、白色或绿色边缘,先端有小角;内层总苞片线形,具膜质边缘,无毛;舌状花黄色,边缘花舌片背面有灰紫色条纹,柱头和花柱黄色。瘦果麦秆黄色,长3—4毫米,上部具较粗的小刺,下部具小瘤,顶端略突然缢缩为长1.8毫米的圆柱形喙基,喙长6毫米;冠毛白色,长6—7毫米。
产地分布:产青海、云南西北部及西藏。生于海拔2300--4500米山坡草地。克什米尔也有分布。模式标本采自西藏拉萨。
本种提示:本种外层总苞片先端有显著小角及较宽的边缘,与毛柄蒲公英T.Eriopodum(D.Don)DC.明显不同。
参考文献:TaraxacumsherriffiiV.Soest inBull.Brit.Mus. (Nat.Hist.)Bot.2(10):272. 1961.Et in Wentia 10:63.F.31.1963.Descr.Add.;Nasir et Ali,F1.W.Pakistan 794.1972.

《Flora of China》 Vol. 20-21 (2011)
51. Taraxacum sherriffii Soest, Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 2: 272. 1961.
拉萨蒲公英 la sa pu gong ying
Herbs 12-15 cm tall, base often thickened by remnants of old petioles. Petiole pale green, ± unwinged; leaf blade mid-green to slightly grayish green, narrowly oblanceolate to broadly linear in outline, 10-13 × 1.5-1.8 cm, sparsely arachnoid, pinnatilobed to pinnatisect but some almost undivided, midvein pale green; lateral lobes of inner leaves 3-5 pairs, linear-triangular, narrow, usually ± patent to recurved, margin entire or distal side with a single tooth on base; interlobes long, narrow, to 1.5 × 0.3 cm, margin entire; terminal lobe subobtuse, margin usually entire, basal segments ± patent. Scapes brownish green, ± equaling leaves, sparsely arachnoid to subglabrous. Capitulum 2-2.5 cm wide. Involucre 7-10 mm wide, base ± rounded. Outer phyllaries (11-)13-19, blackish green, ± not imbricate, linear-lanceolate, outermost ones 5-8 × 1.3-2 mm and ca. 3/4 as long as inner ones, ± appressed, with a whitish narrow ca. 0.4 mm border, margin glabrous to sparsely ciliate, apex with a conspicuous horn; inner phyllaries 1-1.2 cm, callose below apex. Ligules yellow; outer ligules flat, outside striped pinkish gray; inner ligules with grayish purple teeth. Stigmas slightly grayish or greenish pale yellow. Anthers polliniferous; pollen grains irregular in size. Achene light gray straw-colored brown when unripe but later getting darker and becoming blackish gray(-brown), 4.5-5.9 × 1.1-1.4 mm; body spinulose in upper 1/2-3/5 on ridges and apically also elsewhere, ± subgradually narrowing into a cylindric 1-1.5 mm cone, spinules thick and acute; beak 4-5.5 mm. Pappus ± white, ca. 6 mm. Fl. late spring. Agamosperm.● Disturbed grasslands; 3500-3600 m. Xizang.
Reports of Taraxacum sherriffii from Qinghai (FRPS 80(2): 66. 1999; Higher Pl. China 11: 785. 2005) and NW Yunnan (FRPS 80(2): 66. 1999) need revision.In the region of Lhasa, Xizang, sexual plants similar to Taraxacum sherriffii are found. They are characterized by obconic involucre and smaller and paler achenes. Further study is needed.

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