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Issue: Vol. 577 No. 1: 29 December 2022
Type: Article
Published: 2022-12-29
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.577.1.8
Page range: 139-144
Abstract views: 63
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The first record of the genus Eskemukerjea (Polygonaceae) from China

Research Centre of Ecological Sciences, College of Agronomy, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
Research Centre of Ecological Sciences, College of Agronomy, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
South China National Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China
Research Centre of Ecological Sciences, College of Agronomy, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
Research Centre of Ecological Sciences, College of Agronomy, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China. State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and 7 Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China
Fagopyrum Himalaya morphology new record Polygonoideae Pteroxygonum Eudicots

Abstract

Eskemukerjea is a monotypic genus containing the endemic nepali E. megacarpum. Based on examination of herbarium specimens (including types), consultation of protologues and other relevant literature, as well as investigation of the newly discovered populations in Chinese Tibet, we here record E. megacarpum for the first time out of Nepal. An updated morphological description, original field photographs, and a distribution map are provided.

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