taxonID	type	description	language	source
51E31F18D526526C84F8B676EDD58ACD.taxon	materials_examined	Type. China. Hubei: Wufeng County, Renheping, 30 ° 06 ' 27 " N, 110 ° 16 ' 31 " E, karst cave of karst topography, 500 - 800 m alt., 5 August 2018, Daigui Zhang & Qun Liu HAC 001 (holotype KUN (KUN 1511675); isotypes KUN (KUN 1511676), JSU (HHE 3256 )).	en	Liu, Qun, Huang *, Gui-Yun, Zhang, Dai-Gui, Zhang, Jian-Wen, Deng, Tao, Li 1, Zhi-Min (2021): Youngia hangii (Asteraceae, Crepidinae), a new species from Hubei, China. PhytoKeys 182: 27-38, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.71063, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.71063
51E31F18D526526C84F8B676EDD58ACD.taxon	description	Description. Herbs, perennial, 20 - 35 cm tall. Taproot straight or slightly oblique, fleshy, with lateral roots (Fig. 2 D). Stems erect, branched from the base, with sparse white simple hairs; stem base ribbed, with 1 or 2 leaves similar to basal leaves. Basal leaves crowded at the caudex base; petiole 2 - 3 cm long; blade oblanceolate, 6 - 18 x 2 - 4 cm, both surfaces short pubescent with white hairs 0.1 - 0.3 mm long (pubescence more evident on veins), bipinnate to pinnatifid, apical lobe halberd-shaped, apex acute-acuminate, margin deeply lobed; lateral lobes 5 - 10 pairs, opposite or slightly skewed, irregularly halberd-shaped (lateral lobes tapering to the base, serrate, lowermost lobes narrowly triangular), often with 1 - 3 pairs of triangular or oblique-ovate lobes between lateral lobes. Synflorescence corymbiform; capitula 7 - 10. Involucre ampullate, 3 - 4 mm long, 3 mm in diameter. Phyllaries in 4 rows, greyish-green; outer phyllaries 5 - 7, ovoid-triangular, ca. 1 x 1 mm, apex acute; inner phyllaries 7 - 9, lanceolate, 2 - 4 x 0.5 - 1 mm, margin white-membranous, apex acute; florets 8 - 10, ligules 4 - 6 x 1 - 2 mm, teeth 0.2 - 0.4 mm long, tube 3 - 4 mm; anther tube ca. 2.5 mm long; style branches ca. 0.5 mm long. Outer achenes black, fusiform, 2 mm long, apex attenuate to shortly beaked and expanded again into the pappus disc; ribs 12 - 14; pappus white, bristles rough, 3 mm long; inner achenes similar to the outer ones, 2.5 mm long.	en	Liu, Qun, Huang *, Gui-Yun, Zhang, Dai-Gui, Zhang, Jian-Wen, Deng, Tao, Li 1, Zhi-Min (2021): Youngia hangii (Asteraceae, Crepidinae), a new species from Hubei, China. PhytoKeys 182: 27-38, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.71063, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.71063
51E31F18D526526C84F8B676EDD58ACD.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species epithet honours Prof. Hang Sun (b. 1963), a Chinese botanist who has conducted research on plant taxonomy, floristics, biogeography and evolutionary biology and inspired many people through his work. He has also given a lot of support to the plant research work in Hubei.	en	Liu, Qun, Huang *, Gui-Yun, Zhang, Dai-Gui, Zhang, Jian-Wen, Deng, Tao, Li 1, Zhi-Min (2021): Youngia hangii (Asteraceae, Crepidinae), a new species from Hubei, China. PhytoKeys 182: 27-38, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.71063, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.71063
51E31F18D526526C84F8B676EDD58ACD.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat. Youngia hangii is known only from the type locality, Renheping in Wufeng Xian, Hubei, China; 500 - 1000 individuals are known along the edge of some small caves at the base of the karst hillside (Fig. 2 A, B, C); at altitudes of 500 - 800 m.	en	Liu, Qun, Huang *, Gui-Yun, Zhang, Dai-Gui, Zhang, Jian-Wen, Deng, Tao, Li 1, Zhi-Min (2021): Youngia hangii (Asteraceae, Crepidinae), a new species from Hubei, China. PhytoKeys 182: 27-38, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.71063, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.71063
