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Issue: Vol. 592 No. 2: 18 April 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-04-18
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.592.2.4
Page range: 109-118
Abstract views: 36
PDF downloaded: 3

Rohdea rotiformis (Asparagaceae), a new species from Northern Sichuan, China

College of Life Sciences, Zaozhuang University, Zaozhuang 277160, Shandong, China.
Wenchuan Plant Garden, Wenchuan 623000, Sichuan, China.
College of Life Sciences, Zaozhuang University, Zaozhuang 277160, Shandong, China.
College of Life Sciences, Zaozhuang University, Zaozhuang 277160, Shandong, China.
College of Life Sciences, Zaozhuang University, Zaozhuang 277160, Shandong, China.
Convallariaceae Ngawa Southwest China Taxonomy Monocots

Abstract

Rohdea rotiformis is described and illustrated as a new species from Sichuan province of China. The new species possesses a cushionlike, ringed, fleshy appendage above the stamens in perianth throat. In these features, the new species is morphologically similar to R. urotepala but differs in its ringed appendage surface smooth without verruculose.

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