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Issue: Vol. 732 No. 3: 5 Dec. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-12-05
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.732.3.7
Page range: 295-300
Abstract views: 24
PDF downloaded: 2

Peliosanthes chenmingsongii (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
pistil, corona, Liliaceae, Peliosanthes cupuliformis, taxonomy corona Liliaceae Peliosanthes cupuliformis pistil taxonomy

Abstract

Peliosanthes chenmingsongii is described and illustrated as a new species from southwestern China. The new species is morphologically closest to P. cupuliformis, but differs in its erect, woody and hard rhizome, longer petioles and larger leaf blades, more widely expanded flowers with recurved perianth segments, non-revolute margins and a horizontally inward-growing annular appendage in the corona. Careful comparisons with other closely related species are also made.

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How to Cite

Li, X.H., Pan, X.R., Sun, Y.F., Yuan, J.J. & Feng, H.Z. (2025) Peliosanthes chenmingsongii (Asparagaceae), a new species from Yunnan, Southwestern China. Phytotaxa 732 (3): 295–300. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.732.3.7