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Issue: Vol. 720 No. 2: 30 Sept. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-09-30
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.720.2.4
Page range: 140-148
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Three new recorded species of the genus Dalbergia (Fabaceae: Papilionoideae: Dalbergieae) from southwestern China

CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla 666303, China; National Forest Ecosystem Research Station at Xishuangbanna, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla 666303, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Plant Conservation and Utilization in Southern China, Guangzhou 510650, China; South China National Botanical Garden, Guangzhou 510650, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Ningbo Botanical Garden, Ningbo 315201, China; Herbarium, Bazi Collection & Botanical Garden, Mengzi, 661100, China
National Forest Ecosystem Research Station at Xishuangbanna, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla 666303, China
State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Plant Conservation and Utilization in Southern China, Guangzhou 510650, China; South China National Botanical Garden, Guangzhou 510650, China; Guangzhou Jingzhong Experimental Middle School, Guangzhou 510000, China
Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Plant Conservation and Utilization in Southern China, Guangzhou 510650, China; South China National Botanical Garden, Guangzhou 510650, China
Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla 666303, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Plant Conservation and Utilization in Southern China, Guangzhou 510650, China; South China National Botanical Garden, Guangzhou 510650, China
Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Plant Conservation and Utilization in Southern China, Guangzhou 510650, China; South China National Botanical Garden, Guangzhou 510650, China
Dalbergia lanceolaria D. nigrescens D. oliveri Dalbergia sect. Dalbergia flora of Yunnan Leguminosae taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

This study documents three Dalbergia tree species—D. lanceolaria L. f., D. nigrescens Kurz, and D. oliveri Gamble ex Prain—as new records for the flora of China. All three species belong to the section Dalbergia and were collected from Yunnan Province in southwestern China. This article provides detailed descriptions, phenological data, distribution information, habitat details, and taxonomic remarks for each species. A key to the Chinese species within the section Dalbergia is also included.

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How to Cite

Dong, J.-L., Jiang, K.-W., Biao, A., Shu, N., Huang, H.-W., Song, Z.-Q., Pan, B., Tu, T.-Y. & Li, S.-J. (2025) Three new recorded species of the genus Dalbergia (Fabaceae: Papilionoideae: Dalbergieae) from southwestern China. Phytotaxa 720 (2): 140–148. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.720.2.4