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Issue: Vol. 500 No. 3: 13 May 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-05-13
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.500.3.8
Page range: 241–247
Abstract views: 14
PDF downloaded: 1

Tigridiopalma longmenensis (Melastomataceae), a new species from Guangdong, China

Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510650, China Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510650, China Guangzhou Linfang Ecology Co., Ltd., Guangzhou, Guangdong 510520, China
Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510650, China Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510650, China Guangzhou Linfang Ecology Co., Ltd., Guangzhou, Guangdong 510520, China Center for Plant Ecology, Core Botanical Gardens, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510650, China Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, Guangdong 510650, China
Guangdong Eco-engineering Polytechnic, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510520, China
Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510650, China Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510650, China Guangzhou Linfang Ecology Co., Ltd., Guangzhou, Guangdong 510520, China Center for Plant Ecology, Core Botanical Gardens, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510650, China Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, Guangdong 510650, China
Zhengzhou Key Laboratory of Big Data Analysis and Application, Henan Academy of Big Data, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450052, China
complete chloroplast genome Melastomataceae new species Tigridiopalma Eudicots

Abstract

Tigridiopalma longmenensis, a new species from Guangdong, China, is described. This species differs from its ally, T. magnifica, by the polychasium consisting of scorpioid cymes, hypanthium with carinas on angles, and longer stamens with a conspicuously white or pink spur at the connective base of anther. A diagnosis and a distribution map of the two species are also provided. The complete chloroplast genome of T. longmenensis was reported here. Phylogenetic analyses based on complete chloroplast genomes from T. longmenensis and other 15 Melastomataceae species indicated that T. longmenensis is sister to T. magnifica. The discovery of T. longmenensis terminates Tigridiopalma as a monotypic genus.