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Issue: Vol. 717 No. 1: 9 Sept. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-09-09
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.717.1.3
Page range: 52-58
Abstract views: 353
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Peliosanthes gulinqingensis (Asparagaceae), a new species from Yunnan, Southwestern 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
College of Life Sciences, Zaozhuang University, Zaozhuang 277160, Shandong, China
College of Life Sciences, Zaozhuang University, Zaozhuang 277160, Shandong, China
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Abstract

Peliosanthes gulinqingensis from south-eastern Yunnan Province of China is described here as new to science. It somewhat resembles P. crassicoronata in sharing drooping bowl-shaped purplish flowers with a hemispheric corona and corona internally thickly ribbed and ovary base hexagonal, but is readily distinguishable by the smaller leaves with fewer longitudinal veins, long-conoid pistil ca. 5.5 mm long, 6-prismatic ovary ca. 3.5 mm long possessing six wings and distinct style.

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How to Cite

Chen, K., Pan, X.R., Sun, Y.F., Yuan, J.J. & Feng, H.Z. (2025) Peliosanthes gulinqingensis (Asparagaceae), a new species from Yunnan, Southwestern China. Phytotaxa 717 (1): 52–58. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.717.1.3