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Issue: Vol. 392 No. 1: 12 February 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-02-12
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.392.1.4
Page range: 45–53
Abstract views: 55
PDF downloaded: 1

Paris lihengiana (Melanthiaceae: Parideae), a new species from Yunnan, China

Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China Colleage of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
Chinese flora Chinese traditional medicine Liliales new species Parideae Monocots

Abstract

Paris lihengiana (Melanthiaceae), a new species from Yunnan Province, China, is described and illustrated based on evidence from morphological characters and molecular phylogeny. It differs from other species of Paris in its pubescent stem, pedicel and abaxial leaf surface, as well as other characters. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of 33 taxa in Paris was conducted based on nuclear ribosomal ITS and six plastid markers. Paris lihengiana is supported as a new species by both morphological characters and molecular data.