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Issue: Vol. 711 No. 2: 24 Jul. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-07-24
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.711.2.6
Page range: 157-169
Abstract views: 486
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Taxonomic studies on Scutellaria (Lamiaceae) from China (I): two new species from southwestern Guangdong province

Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Plant Conservation and Utilization in Southern China, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China; South China National Botanical Garden, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China
Environmental Horticulture Research Institute/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ornamental Plant Germplasm Innovation and Utilization, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, Guangdong, China
Yangjiang Municipal People's Government Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Bureau, Yangjiang 529500, China
morphology new species Scutellaria taxonomy Yangchun Eudicots

Abstract

Scutellaria albovillosa and S. yangchunensis (Lamiaceae), two new species from Yangchun city in southwestern Guangdong province, China, are here illustrated and described. The two new species are similar to S. wongkei in habit and in having leaflike bracts and bluish or lilac flowers, but differ by an array of characters, including the indumentum of stem, leaves and rachis, the shape of leaves and flowers, and the color of middle lobe of lower corolla lip. Meanwhile, S. albovillosa differs from S. yangchunensis by the indumentum of stem and rachis, and the shape of leaves, bracts and corolla tube. A distribution map of the two new species and S. wongkei is provided.

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How to Cite

Zeng, Y.-P., Xu, Y.-C. & Chen, G.-D. (2025) Taxonomic studies on Scutellaria (Lamiaceae) from China (I): two new species from southwestern Guangdong province. Phytotaxa 711 (2): 157–169. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.711.2.6