TITLE	Aster shennongjiaensis (Asteraceae), a new species from central China
AUTHOR	Wei-Ping Li* College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, P. R. China Zhi-Guang Zhang College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, P. R. China
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ABSTRACT	A new species of Aster (Asteraceae) from China, Aster shennongjiaensis W. P. Li et Z. G. Zhang, is described and its morphology and karyotype illustrated. Aster shennongjiaensis is apparently endangered, presently known only from one small population in bamboo forests of Shennongjia Reserve in central China. On a morphological basis, the closest species to A. shennongjiaensis is A. lasiocladus Hayata, but they are quite different in many features. The morphological characteristics of the two species are compared. Karyotype of the new species is described and formulated as 2n = 2x = 18 = 16m + 2sm.
KEYWORD	Asteraceae; Aster shennongjiaensis; China; Diploid; Endangered species; Karyotype; New species;
ARTICLE INFO	Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica, Volume 45 Number 1 January 2004, page 95-99, 5 pages
PUBLISHER	Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China