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Issue: Vol. 230 No. 1: 6 October 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-10-06
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.230.1.9
Page range: 87–91
Abstract views: 13
PDF downloaded: 1

Styrax rhytidocarpus (Styracaceae), a new species from Hunan, China

The Dendrological Teaching and Research Team, School of Forestry, Central South University of Forestry & Technology, No. 498, Shaoshan South Road, Tianxin District, Changsha 410004, Hunan Province, China
Hunan Prospecting Designing and Research General Institute for Agriculture Forestry and Industry, No. 232, Chengnan Central Road, Yuhua District, Changsha 410007, Hunan Province, China
Hunan Prospecting Designing and Research General Institute for Agriculture Forestry and Industry, No. 232, Chengnan Central Road, Yuhua District, Changsha 410007, Hunan Province, China
The Dendrological Teaching and Research Team, School of Forestry, Central South University of Forestry & Technology, No. 498, Shaoshan South Road, Tianxin District, Changsha 410004, Hunan Province, China
Styrax new species Hunan Province China Eudicots

Abstract

A new species, Styrax rhytidocarpus W. Yang & X. L. Yu (Styracaceae) from Hunan, China, is described and illustrated. This species can be readily distinguished from all other species of Styrax by the combination of characters: glabrous peduncles, bracteoles, and pedicels; 1.7–2.0 × 0.8–1.3 cm corolla lobes; bowl-shaped and deeply rugose persistent calyx; thick, fleshy, and rugose fruit with slightly curved and long-rostrate apex; and ridged and densely stellate-hairy seeds.