taxonID	type	description	language	source
372AF5AF40F25F7AAECF45AEAD3535AD.taxon	materials_examined	Type. China. Sichuan: Yajiang County, Agakeyong, 30 ° 2.54 ' N, 100 ° 15.01 ' E, 3237 m a. s. l., 18 Sep 2018, Pan Li LP 185940 (holotype, ZM; isotypes CSH, CDBI, HZU, KUN, PE, SZ, WZUH). (Fig. 3 and Fig. 5)	en	Jin, Xin-Jie, Huang, Yue, Wei, Yu-Kun, Ma, Qing, Liu, Lu-Xian, Fu, Zhi-Xi, Wu, Gui-Fang, Zhang, Yong-Hua, Li, Pan (2022): Elsholtzia zhongyangii (Lamiaceae), a new species from Sichuan, China. PhytoKeys 193: 77-88, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.193.80327, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.193.80327
372AF5AF40F25F7AAECF45AEAD3535AD.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Elsholtzia zhongyangii is most similar to E. feddei f. feddei morphologically in having calyx villous, spinescent calyx apex, two long and three short calyces and acute leaf apices, but differs from the latter by its smaller corolla (3.2 - 3.5 mm vs. 4.5 - 5.3 mm), bract stalked (ca. 1.2 mm vs. sessile) and bract glabrous, except margin ciliate (vs. villous, especially on veins abaxially, glabrous adaxially).	en	Jin, Xin-Jie, Huang, Yue, Wei, Yu-Kun, Ma, Qing, Liu, Lu-Xian, Fu, Zhi-Xi, Wu, Gui-Fang, Zhang, Yong-Hua, Li, Pan (2022): Elsholtzia zhongyangii (Lamiaceae), a new species from Sichuan, China. PhytoKeys 193: 77-88, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.193.80327, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.193.80327
372AF5AF40F25F7AAECF45AEAD3535AD.taxon	description	Description. Annual herbs, erect. Stems 10 - 45 cm tall, tawny purple; pilose or pilulose, multi-branched above base, branch apex with inflorescence, internode 0.5 - 4.8 cm long. Leaves ovate triangular, ovate oblong to oblong lanceolate or lanceolate, 0.7 - 3.6 cm long and 0.3 - 1.7 cm wide, apex acute, base broadly or narrowly cuneate, extending to petiole, with dense glandular. Leaves villous adaxially, villous especially on veins abaxially. Leaf margin serrate, obtuse, occasionally acute, serrate margin usually purple. Inflorescence a terminal spike, secund, ca. 0.9 - 7.9 cm, flowers 8 - 14 at each node of the inflorescence (a pair of cymes); bracts subcircular to broadly ovate, ca. 1.2 - 3.2 x 1.1 - 4.5 mm, caudate cuspidate, apex ca. 0.7 - 2.1 mm, glabrous, except margin ciliate, with dense glandular, dark magenta at maturity, bract stalked, ca. 1.2 mm. Pedicel ca. 2 mm long, enlarged at apex, glabrous. Calyx ca. 2.0 - 3.2 mm, teeth 5, teeth triangular, two long and three short, apex spinescent, white hirsute, margin ciliate. Corolla deep purple, 3.2 - 3.5 mm, slightly incurved, narrowly funnel-shaped, with hairs transparent and purple interlaced, villous outside, pilose annulate inside, the base of the corolla tube is about 0.5 mm wide, widening upwards, throat about 1.2 mm wide, upper lip emarginated; middle lobe of lower lip semicircular, lateral lobes subcircular, shorter than middle lobe. Stamens 4, protruding from corolla, the anterior longer than the posterior, filaments are glabrous, anthers purple-black. Style longer than stamens at maturity, exserted, 2 - cleft, with lobe equal, linear. Ovary 4 - cleft; disc persistent, 1 nectary rises on the edge of the ovary. Nutlets 4, brown, oblong, ca. 1.1 mm long, 0.7 mm in diameter, surface becoming mucilaginous when wetted.	en	Jin, Xin-Jie, Huang, Yue, Wei, Yu-Kun, Ma, Qing, Liu, Lu-Xian, Fu, Zhi-Xi, Wu, Gui-Fang, Zhang, Yong-Hua, Li, Pan (2022): Elsholtzia zhongyangii (Lamiaceae), a new species from Sichuan, China. PhytoKeys 193: 77-88, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.193.80327, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.193.80327
372AF5AF40F25F7AAECF45AEAD3535AD.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet is named in memory of Prof. Yang Zhong, a Chinese botanist who was dedicated to botanical research and education in Xizang (Tibet), China.	en	Jin, Xin-Jie, Huang, Yue, Wei, Yu-Kun, Ma, Qing, Liu, Lu-Xian, Fu, Zhi-Xi, Wu, Gui-Fang, Zhang, Yong-Hua, Li, Pan (2022): Elsholtzia zhongyangii (Lamiaceae), a new species from Sichuan, China. PhytoKeys 193: 77-88, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.193.80327, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.193.80327
372AF5AF40F25F7AAECF45AEAD3535AD.taxon	distribution	Distribution, ecology and habitat. - Endemic to China, Sichuan Province, Yajiang County (Wolongsi, Weidi, Agakeyong, Jialulongba and Zhusang), Litang County (Wenquan), Ganzi County, Dege County (Ezhi), Luhuo County (Zhuwo) and Batang County. Growing in grassland on mountain slopes or even along the road, at an elevation of 3000 - 4000 m.	en	Jin, Xin-Jie, Huang, Yue, Wei, Yu-Kun, Ma, Qing, Liu, Lu-Xian, Fu, Zhi-Xi, Wu, Gui-Fang, Zhang, Yong-Hua, Li, Pan (2022): Elsholtzia zhongyangii (Lamiaceae), a new species from Sichuan, China. PhytoKeys 193: 77-88, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.193.80327, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.193.80327
372AF5AF40F25F7AAECF45AEAD3535AD.taxon	materials_examined	Additional specimens examined (paratypes). China. Sichuan: Yajiang County, Wolongsi, 30 ° 2.54 ' N, 101 ° 15.08 ' E, 3293 m a. s. l., 26 August 2015, Pan Li & Xinglv Xie LP 150689 (PE, KUN, WZUH); Yajiang County, Weidi, 30 ° 3.13 ' N, 101 ° 12.66 ' E, 3028 m a. s. l., 18 September 2018, Pan Li LP 185942 (PE, WZUH); Yajiang County, Jialulongba, 30 ° 2.94 ' N, 101 ° 18.42 ' E, 3760 m a. s. l., 26 August 2015, Pan Li & Xinglv Xie LP 150686 (PE, KUN, CDBI, SZ, CSH, WZUH); Yajiang County, Zhusang, 19 September 2012, Pan Li PNLI 20120191 (WZUH); Litang County, Wenquan, 4000 m a. s. l., 11 September 1974, Y. Q. He & H. J. Wang 8281 (WUK); Ganzi County, 10 September 1951, W. G. Hu 13099 (WUK); Dege County, Ezhi, 1900 m a. s. l., 31 August 1979, Dege team 0685 (SM); Luhuo County, Zhuwo, 3700 m a. s. l., 2 August 1974, Sichuan vegetation team 07693 (CDBI); Batang County, 3100 m a. s. l., 2 September 1973, Sichuan vegetation team 3971 (CDBI).	en	Jin, Xin-Jie, Huang, Yue, Wei, Yu-Kun, Ma, Qing, Liu, Lu-Xian, Fu, Zhi-Xi, Wu, Gui-Fang, Zhang, Yong-Hua, Li, Pan (2022): Elsholtzia zhongyangii (Lamiaceae), a new species from Sichuan, China. PhytoKeys 193: 77-88, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.193.80327, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.193.80327
