Journal of Biology ›› 2025, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (4): 78-.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-1736.2025.04.078

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A new record of medicinal plants in Chongqing-Meconopsis quintuplinervia

XU Yuanjiang1, ZHENG Changbing2, LIU Xue1, WEI Yongsheng1, ZHANG Zhiwei1,QU Xianyou1, LIU Xiang1, 3   

  1. 1. Chongqing Key Laboratory for the Utilization and Evaluation of Special Chinese Materia Medica Resources,
    Chongqing Academy of Chinese Materia Medica, Chongqing 400065, China; 2. Chongqing Yintiaoling National
    Nature Reserve Management Affairs Center, Chongqing 405800, China; 3. Daba Mountain Medicinal Animals
    and Plants of Chongqing Observation and Research Station, Chongqing 405900, China
  • Online:2025-08-18 Published:2025-08-14

Abstract: The new distribution record of the characteristic Tibetan medicine ofMeconopsis quintuplinerviawas found in Chongqing Yintiaoling National Nature Reserve, Wuxi County, Chongqing, in July 2024. The voucher specimen was stored in the Herbarium of Chongqing Academy of Chinese Materia Medica (SM). This article described its morphological characteristics, distribution, and habitat, and provided corresponding illustrations. The discovery of this new record enriched the plant diversity of the genusMeconopsisin Chongqing, which had certain significance for the breeding, development, and utilization ofM. quintuplinervia.

Key words: Meconopsis quintuplinervia, new distribution, Chongqing City, Tibetan medicine, Yintiaoling Nature Reserve

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