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Issue: Vol. 402 No. 2: 24 April 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-04-24
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.402.2.2
Page range: 88–96
Abstract views: 27
PDF downloaded: 1

Adenophora xiaoxiensis (Campanulaceae), an Endangered Species from China

Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410002, Hunan, China
State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
College of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Jishou University, Jishou 416000, Hunan, China
College of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Jishou University, Jishou 416000, Hunan, China
Hunan Forest Botanical Garden, Changsha 410116, Hunan, China
Research Centre for Applied Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu 44618, Nepal
College of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Jishou University, Jishou 416000, Hunan, China
Eudicots molecular phylogeny morphology Adenophora taxonomy endangered IUCN

Abstract

Adenophora xiaoxiensis (Campanulaceae), a new species from central China is described and illustrated. Molecular phylogenetic analysis (based on nuclear ribosomal ITS and the plastid regions trnL-F and matK) and morphology support recognition of A. xiaoxiensis as a distinct species sister to A. wilsonii. Adenophora xiaoxiensis has ovate-elliptic to broadly lanceolate cauline leaves with irregularly biserrate margins, triangular-ovate calyx lobes with 1-3 pairs subulate or linear teeth and a white corolla. About 70 individuals were observed in a restricted area of less than 100 m2. The habitat could be easily disturbed or destroyed, thus, we assessed it as endangered (EN), based on Criteria D of the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List Categories.