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Issue: Vol. 490 No. 3: 16 March 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-03-16
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.490.3.4
Page range: 263–270
Abstract views: 18
PDF downloaded: 1

Taxonomic studies on Amomum (Zingiberaceae) in China III: Amomum fangdingii, a new species from Guangxi

Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Digital Botanical Garden, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, P. R. China.
The Herbarium, Singapore Botanic Gardens, National Parks Board, 1 Cluny Road, 259569 Singapore.
Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Digital Botanical Garden, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, P. R. China.
South China Botanical Garden Chinese Academy of Sciences
Amomum maximum A. velutinum gingers misidentification Monocots

Abstract

A plant formerly misidentified as Amomum maximum in Guangxi, China, is described here as a new species, namely A. fangdingii. A detailed description, distribution map and illustrations are provided together with a taxonomic key distinguishing A. fangdingii from eight morphologically similar species characterised by cincinnate inflorescences occurring in Cambodia, China, Laos and Vietnam.