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Morphologically, it is similar to\n                    <jats:italic>M. spicatus<\/jats:italic>\n                    but differs in having elliptic cauline leaves with shallowly and densely serrate margins (vs. obovate to obovate-spatulate with incised-serrate margins) and a larger corolla. Phylogenetically, it is recovered as sister to\n                    <jats:italic>M. caducifer<\/jats:italic>\n                    with high support (\n                    <jats:bold>ML\u2009=\u200995%, BI\u2009=\u20091<\/jats:bold>\n                    ). 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