Acilepis chiangdaoensis
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Ordo: Asterales
Familia: Asteraceae
Genus: Acilepis
Name
Acilepis chiangdaoensis (H.Koyama) H.Rob. & Skvarla, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 122(2): 140. 2009. – Wikispecies link – IPNI link – Pensoft Profile
- Vernonia chiangdaoensis H.Koyama, Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo, Ser. B 31(2): 69. 2005.
Type
Thailand, Chiang Mai, Doi Chiangdao, M. Tagawa, K. Iwatsuki & N. Fukuoka T-4038 (holotype: KYO!).
Description
Perennial herbs, 1–2 m tall. Stems erect, conspicuously ribbed, villose. Leaves 10–30 by 4–10 cm, lanceolate, margin serrate, apex acuminate, base attenuate, subcoriaceous, upper surface scabrous and without glands; lower surface scabrous with whip-shaped hairs, cylindrical hairs and capitate glands; lateral veins 7–10-paired; petioles up to 3 cm long. Capitulescences terminal, paniculate. Capitula campanulate, 10–12 mm long, pedunculate. Receptacle flat, 2–2.5 mm in diam., pubescent. Involucres campanulate in 4–5 series, 8–10 mm long, scarious.Phyllaries imbricate, green or purple apically, margin piliferous, outer surface villose, glands capitate; the outer and the middle ones lanceolate, apex spinose; the inner lanceolate to oblong, apex acuminate. Florets 10–15, narrowly funnelform, purple or white, glandular; corolla tubes 4–5 mm long; corolla lobes 2.5–3 mm long. Anthers 2.5–2.8 mm long, apical appendage acute, base obtuse. Styles purple, 4.5–6 mm long, branches 2.5–3 mm long. Achenes subterete, 2.5–3.5 mm long, 10-ribbed, pubescent with twin hairs and capitate glands. Pappus bristles, the inner ones 6–6.5 mm.
Distribution
Thailand. Endemic.
Specimens examined
Thailand. Chiang Mai, Chiangdao wildlife sanctuary, 19°26.08'N, 98°53.76'E, S. Bunwong 77 (KKU, US); Doi Chiangdao, 3 Jan 1966, M. Tagawa, K. Iwatsuki & N. Fukuoka T-4038 (KYO); Chiang Mai, Doi Sutep national park, 22 Dec 1989, J.F. Maxwell 89-1585 (CMU, L); Chiang Mai, Maerim, W. Nanakorn et al. 10191 (QBG); Wang Tao, Th. Sørensen, K. Larsen & B. Hansen 1073 (BKF, C, K).
Ecology
Mixed deciduous or pine-oak forest, alt. 600–800 m; flowering December to February.
Diagnostic characters
Large leaves and scarious spinose apical phyllaries.
Vernacular name
Dok See Pa (ดอกสีป่า), DoK Doi Pa (ดอกดอยป่า).
Taxon Treatment
- Bunwong, S; Chantaranothai, P; Keeley, S; 2014: Revisions and key to the Vernonieae (Compositae) of Thailand PhytoKeys, 37: 25-101. doi
