Scientist of China Discovered a New Species of Boraginaceae From Northern Xinjiang, China
Scientist of China discovered a new species of Boraginaceae from northern Xinjiang, China, a several days ago. The scientist Yi He and his team named this new species as Onosma fuyunensis. According to them, Onosma fuyunensis is similar to O. simplicissima and O. gmelinii; it differs in having a particularly bristly indumentum, unbranched stems, white and yellow corollas, anthers united only at base, and nutlets with a stipitate cicatrix.
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