ThisfilephototakenonMarch27,2023showsanIxeridiummalingheenseplant.ChineseresearchershavediscoveredanewAsteraceaespecies,whichhasbeennamedIxeridiummalingheense,intheMalingRiverCanyonofXingyiGeoparkinsouthwestChina'sGuizhouProvince.TheresearchfindingswerepublishedinarecenteditionoftheinternationalacademicjournalPhytotaxa.(PhotobyLiuFeng/Xinhua)GUIYANG,April24(Xinhua)--ChineseresearchershavediscoveredanewAsteraceaespecies,whichhasbeennamedIxeridiummalingheense,intheMalingRiverCanyonofXingyiGeoparkinsouthwestChina'sGuizhouProvince.TheresearchfindingswerepublishedinarecenteditionoftheinternationalacademicjournalPhytotaxa."DuringafieldsurveyintheMalingRiverCanyoninMarch2023,wefirstspottedthisnewspecies,"saidLiZhi,amemberoftheresearchteamwhoisfromthecollegeofforestryatGuizhouUniversity.Thenewspeciesonlygrowsonlimestonenearwaterinhigh-altitudemountainsinthecanyon.Afteradetailedmorphologicalcomparison,theresearchersconcludedthatitrepresentedanewtaxonthathasnotbeenreportedtothescientificcommunity.Featuringruggedterrainandsteepvalleys,theMalingRiverCanyonisrichincomplexKarstlandscapeandflora.Inrecentyears,severalpreviouslyunknownspecieshavebeendiscoveredinthearea.ThisundatedcombopictureshowsIxeridiummalingheenseanditslivingsituation.ChineseresearchershavediscoveredanewAsteraceaespecies,whichhasbeennamedIxeridiummalingheense,intheMalingRiverCanyonofXingyiGeoparkinsouthwestChina'sGuizhouProvince.TheresearchfindingswerepublishedinarecenteditionoftheinternationalacademicjournalPhytotaxa.(Xinhua)ThisphototakenonFeb.17,2024showstheMalingRiverCanyonofXingyiGeoparkinsouthwestChina'sGuizhouProvince.ChineseresearchershavediscoveredanewAsteraceaespecies,whichhasbeennamedIxeridiummalingheense,intheMalingRiverCanyonofXingyiGeoparkinsouthwestChina'sGuizhouProvince.TheresearchfindingswerepublishedinarecenteditionoftheinternationalacademicjournalPhytotaxa.(PhotobyWuXu/Xinhua)Editor:DisclaimerTheviewsandopinionsexpressedinthisarticlearethoseoftheauthor's,GMW.cnmakesnorepresentationsastoaccuracy,suitability,orvalidityofanyinformationonthissiteandwillnotbeliableforanyerrors,omissions,ordelaysinthisinformation.