A new species of the genus Alchemilla (Rosaceae) from Central Russia

Andrey Vyacheslavovich Chkalov

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.227.3.8

Issue: Vol. 227 No. 3: 25 September 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-09-25

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.227.3.8

Page range: 282–288

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**A new species of the genus Alchemilla (Rosaceae) from Central Russia**

Andrey Vyacheslavovich Chkalov⁺⁻

Chair of Botany and Zoology, Institute of Biology and Biomedicine, Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod, Gagarin St., 23, 603950, Nizhni Novgorod, Russian Federation

taxonomy apomicts lady’s mantle Middle Volga basin Russia Eudicots

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Abstract

A new apomictic species of Alchemilla from several regions of Central Russia is here described as A. tzvelevii. Description and images of the principal morphological features of this species are provided. Alchemilla tzvelevii combines the features of quite distant groups (i.e. A. subsect. Pubescentes and A. subsect. Alchemilla ser. Alchemilla subser. Heptagonae). Its presumed hybridogenous origin is discussed.