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Issue: Vol. 313 No. 1: 11 July 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-07-11
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.313.1.4
Page range: 61–76
Abstract views: 30
PDF downloaded: 1

The taxonomic revision of Asian Aristolochia (Aristolochiaceae) II: Identities of Aristolochia austroyunnanensis and A. dabieshanensis, and A. hyperxantha—a new species from Zhejiang, China

College of Life Sciences, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang 464000, Henan, China Shanghai Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai 201602, China Institute for Conservation and Utilization of Agro-bioresources in Dabie Mountains, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang 464000, Henan, China
Shanghai Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai 201602, China
College of Life Sciences, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang 464000, Henan, China
Yingshan County Forestry Bureau, Huanggang 438700, Hubei, China
Shanghai Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai 201602, China
Aristolochia hyperxantha China clarification new species taxonomy Magnoliids

Abstract

Through extensive field work and careful examination of specimens, live plant photos, and related publications of Aristolochia, we conclude that A. austroyunnanensis and A. dabieshanensis are distinct species. Meanwhile, Aristolochia hyperxantha, a new species from northwestern Zhejiang, China, is described and illustrated. The new species is similar to A. mollissima in the flower color, but it differs in the indumentum and shape of leaf. Aristolochia hyperxantha is also similar to A. dabieshanensis in the leaf shape, but it differs in the shape and color of flower.