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Issue: Vol. 455 No. 3: 12 August 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-08-12
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.455.3.7
Page range: 235–239
Abstract views: 34
PDF downloaded: 2

Indigofera yuanjiangensis (Fabaceae: Papilionoideae), a new species from Yunnan, China

College of Forestry, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China.
CAS Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization & Ecological Restoration and Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. O. Box 416, Chengdu, 610041, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
CAS Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization & Ecological Restoration and Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. O. Box 416, Chengdu, 610041, China
Indigofera Leguminosae new species Yunnan Eudicots

Abstract

Indigofera yuanjiangensis X.F. Gao & Xue Li Zhao (Fabaceae), a new species from Yunnan, China, is described and illustrated. Information about its distribution, habitat, and phenology is also provided. The species is morphologically similar to I. megaphylla, I. esquirolii and I. sticta, but they differ in the leaf length, leaflet number, leaflet size, raceme length, flower color and standard size.