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Issue: Vol. 163 No. 2: 24 March 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-03-24
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.163.2.3
Page range: 91–103
Abstract views: 56
PDF downloaded: 62

New species of Phallus from a subtropical forest in Xishuangbanna, China

Key Laboratory of Economic Plants and Biotechnology, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 650201, China Institute of Excellence in Fungal Research, and School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, 57100 Chiang Rai, Thailand World Agroforestry Centre, East and Central Asia, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 650201, China
Key Laboratory of Economic Plants and Biotechnology, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 650201, China World Agroforestry Centre, East and Central Asia, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 650201, China
Institute of Excellence in Fungal Research, and School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, 57100 Chiang Rai, Thailand 2Institute of Excellence in Fungal Research, and School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, 57100 Chiang Rai, Thailand
Key Laboratory of Economic Plants and Biotechnology, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 650201, China World Agroforestry Centre, East and Central Asia, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 650201, China
Institute of Excellence in Fungal Research, and School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, 57100 Chiang Rai, Thailand Mushroom Research Foundation, 128 M.3 Ban Pa Deng T. Pa Pae, A. Mae Taeng, Chiang Mai 50150, Thailand
nrITS Phallaceae phylogeny taxonomy

Abstract

Seven collections of Phallus species were made in surveys of a subtropical forest in Xishuangbanna in Yunnan Province, China, during the wet season of 2012. Macro and micro characters, together with nrITS sequence data, were used to separate the collections into three species. Phallus mengsongensis and P. serrata are introduced as species new to science, while a further Phallus species is described, but not formally introduced, due to paucity of material. Macro and micro descriptions, colour photographs, line drawings and nrITS phylogenetic data for all three species are provided, which are discussed in relation to similar species in these genera.