taxonID	type	description	language	source
CB89FC88945E56BB8D4B74B70DE62BFE.taxon	materials_examined	Type. CHINA. Yunnan: Weixi, Lidiping, wet meadow, alt. 3180 m, 27 ° 9 ' 16.06 " N, 99 ° 24 ' 48.70 " E, 30 Aug 2014, W. - B. Yu, X. - L. Yang & H. Tang 2014096 (holotype: HITBC! (accession no. 169315); isotypes: HITBC!, KUN!).	en	Li, Xin, Wang, Hong, Li, De-Zhu, Yu, Wen-Bin (2019): Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on Pedicularis (Orobanchaceae): I. One new species from northwest Yunnan, China. PhytoKeys 130: 205-215, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.130.35258, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.130.35258
CB89FC88945E56BB8D4B74B70DE62BFE.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Pedicularis multicaulis W. B. Yu, H. Wang & D. Z. Li is distinguished from P. macilenta and P. taihaiensis in having taller and more ascending stems, partially crawling stems with fibrous roots, shorter petiole and leaf blade of cauline leaves in middle and upper parts and smaller corollas with a shorter beak.	en	Li, Xin, Wang, Hong, Li, De-Zhu, Yu, Wen-Bin (2019): Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on Pedicularis (Orobanchaceae): I. One new species from northwest Yunnan, China. PhytoKeys 130: 205-215, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.130.35258, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.130.35258
CB89FC88945E56BB8D4B74B70DE62BFE.taxon	description	Description. Herbs perennial, 20 - 50 cm tall, glabrescent, drying slightly black; taproots slender, fusiform; stems caespitose, mostly (3) 5 to 9 (12) from a caudex, ascending or partially crawling (with fibrous roots) and branchlets (0) 1 - 3 (10), glabrescent or sparely pubescent along the lines. Basal leaves absent. Cauline leaves alternate; petiole up to 10 mm long or distal ones sessile or subsessile, glabrescent; leaf blade ovate-elliptic or oblong, 5 - 30 mm x 7 - 15 mm, glabrous on both surfaces, pinnatisect; segments 2 to 5 pairs, ovate to lanceolate-oblong, incised-pinnatifid or double dentate. Inflorescences racemose, up to 30 cm long; bracts leaflike, distal ones shorter than flowers. Pedicel 1.0 - 2.5 mm long. Calyx tube ca. 5 mm long, glabrescent, 1 / 3 cleft anteriorly; lobes 3, unequal, posterior one acicular, lateral pair larger, leaf-like and toothed. Corolla rose, 10 - 14 mm long; tube erect, ca. 8 - 10 mm long; galea + / - falcate, not crested, not twisted, with 1 distinct reflexed marginal tooth on one side; beak straight, ca. 3 mm, slightly 2 - cleft at apex, not ciliate; lower lip 5 - 6 mm x 6 - 8 mm, sparely ciliate, lobes 3 unequal; middle lobes apex slightly cucullate. Filaments 4 glabrous, equal length, ca. 13 mm long, inserted in the middle of corolla. Ovary long ovoid, ca. 3 mm long; Capsule lanceolate-oblong, 10 - 15 mm x 4 - 5 mm. Seeds narrowly ovoid, ca. 1.0 - 1.2 mm.	en	Li, Xin, Wang, Hong, Li, De-Zhu, Yu, Wen-Bin (2019): Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on Pedicularis (Orobanchaceae): I. One new species from northwest Yunnan, China. PhytoKeys 130: 205-215, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.130.35258, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.130.35258
CB89FC88945E56BB8D4B74B70DE62BFE.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet " multicaulis " refers to the new species having many ascending stems that are branched in the middle and upper parts.	en	Li, Xin, Wang, Hong, Li, De-Zhu, Yu, Wen-Bin (2019): Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on Pedicularis (Orobanchaceae): I. One new species from northwest Yunnan, China. PhytoKeys 130: 205-215, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.130.35258, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.130.35258
CB89FC88945E56BB8D4B74B70DE62BFE.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Pedicularis multicaulis was only found in two populations in Weixi county, northwest Yunnan (Figure 5). It occurs in wet meadow or the margin of wetland between 2900 m and 3200 m a. s. l.	en	Li, Xin, Wang, Hong, Li, De-Zhu, Yu, Wen-Bin (2019): Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on Pedicularis (Orobanchaceae): I. One new species from northwest Yunnan, China. PhytoKeys 130: 205-215, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.130.35258, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.130.35258
