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Issue: Vol. 668 No. 3: 16 Oct. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-10-16
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.668.3.9
Page range: 293-299
Abstract views: 80
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Microtropis gulinqingensis, a new dioecious species of Celastraceae from China

Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650204, Yunnan, China. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650204, Yunnan, China. Tropical Mountain Forest Eco-Station in Southeast Yunnan, Pingbian 661200, Yunnan, China.
Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650204, Yunnan, China. Tropical Mountain Forest Eco-Station in Southeast Yunnan, Pingbian 661200, Yunnan, China.
Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650204, Yunnan, China. Tropical Mountain Forest Eco-Station in Southeast Yunnan, Pingbian 661200, Yunnan, China.
Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650204, Yunnan, China. Tropical Mountain Forest Eco-Station in Southeast Yunnan, Pingbian 661200, Yunnan, China.
Maguan Gulinqing Provincial Nature Reserve Management and Protection Bureau, Maguan 663701, Yunnan, China
Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650204, Yunnan, China. Tropical Mountain Forest Eco-Station in Southeast Yunnan, Pingbian 661200, Yunnan, China.
Connate petals dioecy sexual reproduction Yunnan Eudicots

Abstract

A new species of Celastraceae, Microtropis gulinqingensis, is discovered in the dynamic plot of Gulinqing Provincial Nature Reserve, Yunnan Province, China. After two-year observations of 65 individual plants in the field, we found that this species presented unique traits of being dioecious and having highly connate petals in its male flowers. We compared it with similar species and those in Microtropis distributed across the adjacent regions, and the morphological evidence supports the recognition of Microtropis gulinqingensis as a new species. A comprehensive description and photographs of this new species are provided.

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