Table 2. Morphological comparison between Ranunculus chongzhouensis and R in Ranunculus maoxianensis (Ranunculaceae), a new species from northwestern Sichuan, China, with an emended description of R. chongzhouensis, the putative closest ally of the new species

Table 2. Morphological comparison between Ranunculus chongzhouensis and R. maoxianensis sp. nov. R. chongzhouensisR. maoxianensisStems10-25 cm tall25-55 cm tallBasal leaves5-8, blades 2.2-3.1 × 3.1-3.7 cm, chartaceous, adaxially appressed puberulous with hairs 0.55-0.85 mm long, abaxially glabrous or sometimes appressed puberulous2-5, blades 2.2-3.2 × 3.8-5.2 cm, herbaceous, adaxially appressed puberulous with hairs 0.16-0.28 mm long, abaxially appressed puberulousFlowersterminal, 4-10, 1.4-1.6 cm in diameterterminal, 4-10, 1.8-2 cm in diameterReceptacles3-5 mm long, clavate, puberulous3.5-4 mm long, clavate, puberulousPetals6-7 × 4.5-5 mm, obovate8-10 × 5.5-6.5 mm, widely obovateStamens12-1835-55GynoeciumellipsoidsubgloboseCarpels20-40; ovaries ovoid or widely ovoid puberulous, styles ca. 0.9 mm long, glabrous, slightly recurved at apex16-22; ovaries ovoid or widely ovoid, puberulous, styles ca. 0.9 mm long, glabrous, straight or apex recurvedAggregate fruitellipsoidsubgloboseAchenesca. 2 × 1.5 mm, obliquely or widely ovoid, puberulous, styles ca. 1 mm long, straight or apex recurved.ca. 2.5 × 2 mm, obliquely or widely ovoid, puberulous, styles ca. 1 mm long, straight or apex recurved.