Neopallasia is a genus of Asian flowering plants in the chamomile tribe within the daisy family.[2][3][4][5] Molecular data indicate that Neopallasia is closely related to Seriphidium and could be easily included with that genus.[5]

Neopallasia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Anthemideae
Genus: Neopallasia
Poljakov
Species:
N. pectinata
Binomial name
Neopallasia pectinata
(Pallas) Poljakov
Synonyms[1]
  • Artemisia pectinata Pall.
  • Artemisia yunnanensis (Pamp.) Krasch.
  • Neopallasia yunnanensis (Pamp.) Y.R.Ling
  • Neopallasia tibetica Y.R.Ling
  • Artemisia pectinata var. yunnanensis Pamp.
Species

The only accepted species is Neopallasia pectinata. Neopallasia pectinata is an erect herb, 12–40 cm tall with pinnately divided sessile oblong-elliptic leaves. This plant of deserts grows in gravelly river valleys and wastelands at 1300–3400 m elevation. This variable species is known from northern and western China (provinces of Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Yunnan, Tibet) as well as Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, and Russia (Altay and Chita).[6][1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ^ Poljakov, Petr Petrovich. 1955. Botanicheskie Materialy Gerbariya Botanicheskogo Instituta Imeni V. L. Komarova Akademii Nauk S S S R. Leningrad 17: 429
  3. ^ "Neopallasia". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  4. ^ "Neopallasia". Flora of China – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  5. ^ a b Watson, Linda E; Bates, Paul L; Evans, Timothy M; Unwin, Matthew M; Estes, James R (2002). "Molecular phylogeny of Subtribe Artemisiinae (Asteraceae), including Artemisia and its allied and segregate genera". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 2 (1): 17. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-2-17. PMC 130036. PMID 12350234.
  6. ^ "Neopallasia pectinata". Flora of China – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.