Saxifraga shennongii Lei Wang, W.B.Liao & Ji J.Zhang
, Phytotaxa 418(1): 80 (2019).- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77202133-1
- Publication
- Phytotaxa
- Collation
- 418(1): 80
- Date of Publication
- 23 Sep 2019
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Saxifragaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- W.Y.Zhao, Z.C.Liu, J.J.Zhang, etc. LXP-09-09089
- Locality
- Yanling County, Longzhayaozu town, around Hongxing bridge, on shaded wet rock at sides of valley, near the stream, 532m
- Collection Date
- 6 Apr 2016
- Type Herbaria
- holotype SYS
isotype SYS - Latitude
- 26° 8' N
- Longitude
- 113° 45' E
- Distribution Of Types
- Hunan (China Southeast, China, Asia-Temperate)
Nomenclatural Notes
[epublished]
Remarks
doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.418.1.4 The species epithet honours Shennong (3245 BC - 3080 BC), one of the three mythical emperors of China; in the ancient legend he was the inventor of agriculture and medicine, and Yanling County was the last place that Shennong went to live in seclusion.