P. qiupuensis J.W.Shao
Section Ranunculoides
Type specimen: Jian-Wen Shao and Jing Liu 20150316-2 resides at ANUB (specimen ANUB002324).
Epithet: Named for the Qiupu River Basin where this species grows.
Distribution: Anhui, China.
Grows along streams, under or at the edge of forest or northern slopes on cultivated land. Similar to P. merrilliana but with pollen stephanocolpate (vs. pantoporate) and pinnae being pinnatilobate to pinnatiparte (vs. pinnipartie to pinnatisect). This species is biennial, glabrous, with 2-10 scapes per plant of 1 or 2 superimposed umbels of pink distylous or homostylous flowers, lobes obovate, apex rounded.
