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Issue: Vol. 478 No. 2: 6 January 2021
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2021-01-06
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.478.2.12
Page range: 291–294
Abstract views: 21
PDF downloaded: 1

Taxonomic notes on Vaccinium glaucophyllum (Ericaceae): supplementary description of floral morphology and sectional reassignment (Ericaceae)

Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Digital Botanical Garden, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CN-510650, Guangzhou, China. Center of Conservation Biology, Core Botanical Gardens, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, CN-510225, Guangzhou, China. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, CN-100049, Beijing, China.
Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Digital Botanical Garden, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CN-510650, Guangzhou, China. Center of Conservation Biology, Core Botanical Gardens, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Guizhou Academy of Forestry, CN-550011, Guiyang, China.
Guizhou Academy of Forestry, CN-550011, Guiyang, China.
Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Digital Botanical Garden, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CN-510650, Guangzhou, China. Center of Conservation Biology, Core Botanical Gardens, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, CN-510225, Guangzhou, China.
Vaccinium glaucophyllum V. sect. Calcicolus V. sect. Galeopatalum Eudicots

Abstract

The floral morphological description of Vaccinium glaucophyllum is supplemented based on newly collected flowering material. This species is reassigned to V. section Calcicolus based on its evergreen habit, dimorphic perennating buds, racemose inflorescences with large caducous bracts and pseudo-10-loculed ovary with 2–5 seeds. The information on its type, distribution and conservation status together with color photos is also provided.