Ainsliaea Candolle 1838
Creators: name: Zhang, Mei-Jiao
name: Su, Xiang-Xiu
name: An, Chang
name: Li, Hong-Qing
name: Zhang, Zhen
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Asterales
Asteraceae
Ainsliaea

description: Key of species in the Clade B in the phylogenetic tree of Ainsliaea (Fig. 1)
1. Leaf blades linear to elliptic, at least two times longer than wide, base cuneate to decurrent........................................................... 2
- Leaf blades ovate, cordiform to palmatifid, at most two times longer than wide, base ± cordate ..................................................... 5
2. Leaf blades linear to elliptic, apex acute, 1-nerved ............................................................................................................................ 3
- Leaf blades lanceolate, apex acuminate, 3-nerved ............................................................................................................................. 4
3. Leaf margins with 4 to 8 teeth on each side ............................................................................................................ Ainsliaea linearis
- Leaf margins with 1 or 2 subterminal teeth on each side ........................................................................................ Ainsliaea walkeri
4. Capitula 1-flowered ....................................................................................................................................... Ainsliaea simplicissima
- Capitula 3-flowered ............................................................................................................................................... Ainsliaea trinervis
5. Leaves lobed....................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
- Leaves not lobed................................................................................................................................................................................. 7
6. Blades palmately lobed; achenes hirsute.............................................................................................................. Ainsliaea apiculata
- Blades shallowly pinnately lobed; achenes glabrous ................................................................................... Ainsliaea grossedentata
7. Indumentum well developed on rachis, petiole, and leaf margins ........................................................................ Ainsliaea fragrans
- Indumentum sparse or absent on rachis, petiole, and leaf margins .................................................................................................... 8
8. Abaxial leaf surface green ...................................................................................................................... Ainsliaea macroclinidioides
- Abaxial leaf surface red...................................................................................................................................................................... 9
9. Capitula 3-flowered, arranged in spikes.................................................................................................................. Ainsliaea gracilis
- Capitula 1-flowered, arranged in open panicles............................................................................... Ainsliaea polystachya (sp. nov.)
description: Published as part of Zhang, Mei-Jiao, Su, Xiang-Xiu, An, Chang, Li, Hong-Qing & Zhang, Zhen, 2021, Ainsliaea polystachya (Asteraceae), a new species from Fujian, China based on morphological and molecular evidence, pp. 277-284 in Phytotaxa 497 (3) on page 283, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.497.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/5424057