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Issue: Vol. 280 No. 1: 14 October 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-10-14
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.280.1.3
Page range: 36–44
Abstract views: 27
PDF downloaded: 1

Swertia subuniflora (Gentianaceae), a new species from Fujian, China

College of Life Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian Provice, China, 350117.
Key laboratory of Adaption and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences,23# Xinning Road, Xining, Qinghai, China 810008; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 100039.
Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences,23# Xinning Road, Xining, Qinghai, China, 810008.
cpDNA morphology new taxon taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

Swertia subuniflora is described from Fujian Province, China. Morphological and molecular evidences indicate its close relationship with S. franchetiana, S. mussotii and S. punicea, three species from Swertia series Japonica (further grouped in section Swertopsis, subgenus Ophelia). The new species can be recognized by its solitary flowers and ovate-cordate stem leaves.