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Issue: Vol. 207 No. 3: 11 May 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-05-11
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.207.3.9
Page range: 297–300
Abstract views: 30
PDF downloaded: 27

Trichosanthes napoensis (Cucurbitaceae), a new species from Guangxi, China

Guangxi Botanical Garden of Medicinal Plants, Nanning 530023, China
Guangxi Botanical Garden of Medicinal Plants, Nanning 530023, China
Guangxi Botanical Garden of Medicinal Plants, Nanning 530023, China
State Key Laboratory of Dao-di Herbs, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China
Guangxi Botanical Garden of Medicinal Plants, Nanning 530023, China
State Key Laboratory of Dao-di Herbs, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China
China Cucurbitaceae new species Trichsanthes Eudicots

Abstract

A new species of the genus Trichosanthes (Cucurbitaceae), T. napoensis, is described and illustrated from Guangxi Province, western China. It is closely related to T. pedata Merr. & Chun, but it can be distinguished from the latter by having 3-fid tendrils, a fruit apex with a prominent protrusion, and oblong-elliptical seeds with a ridge at the margin.