Oh Ami, Han Sea-Hee, Oh Byoung-Un
School of Biological Sciences, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 28644, South Korea Chungbuk National University Cheongju South Korea.
National Agrobiodiversity Center, National Academy of Agricultural Science RDA, Jeonju 54875, South Korea National Agrobiodiversity Center Jeonju South Korea.
PhytoKeys. 2020 Sep 29;161:89-98. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.161.53019. eCollection 2020.
A new species B.U.Oh & H.J.Choi is described from Gangwon-do and Kyeongsangbuk-do in South Korea based on its morphological characteristics and distributional pattern. is easily distinguished not only from three other species in South Korea, but all other species in the genus by possessing a green young rachis, dense long whitish glandular hairs on the young rachis, dense long brownish glandular hairs on the mature inflorescence, and a slightly undulated margin of leaf epidermal cells. Specific comparisons of morphological features such as the type of the trichome, the shape of the leaf epidermis cell, and the color of the young rachis that differentiate from , another South Korean species, are provided.