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A new species of Dracocephalum is described from south-west China. As a distinct species in D. sect. Sinodracon, D. microphyton sp. nov. differs from other species of the section by its much shorter habit, pinnatipartite and adaxially densely strigose laminae with oblong lobules, and 1-flowered cymes. A description, illustrations and distribution of the new species are presented. A key to all species of D. sect. Sinodracon is also provided.
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We would like to thank Ms Li-Qiong Jiang of Yunnan University, Ms Yue Zhao and Ms **-Fei **ao of Kunming Institute of Botany, for their assistance with field collection. We gratefully thank Prof. David E. Boufford of Harvard University for sharing the images of the specimen of the new species. Thanks are also given to Mr Yun-** Zhu for his line drawing of the new species. We are grateful to the staff of following herbaria for their kind help with research facilities: BM, CDBI, E, HIB, IBSC, K, KUN, LE, MW, NAS, PE, SZ, WUK, and XJBI. Our manuscript also benefitted greatly from the constructive comments of two anonymous reviewers and Dr Timothy Utteridge. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant no. 31800168) to YPC, the CAS “Light of West China” Program to YPC & CLX, and the “Ten Thousand Talents Program of Yunnan for Top-notch Young Talents” to CLX.
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Chen, YP., Chen, YS. & **ang, CL. Dracocephalum microphyton (Lamiaceae: Nepetoideae), a new species from south-west China. Kew Bull 76, 287–292 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-021-09933-8
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