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Issue: Vol. 545 No. 1: 5 May 2022
Type: Article
Published: 2022-05-05
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.545.1.10
Page range: 110-114
Abstract views: 27
PDF downloaded: 2

Validation of the name Spiradiclis elliptica (Rubiaceae), a new species endemic to southwestern China

College of Forestry, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, Hunan, China
CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China
College of Forestry, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, Hunan, China
College of Forestry, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, Hunan, China
endemism limestone flora taxonomy Yunnan Eudicots

Abstract

The name Spiradiclis elliptica Y.M.Shui & W.H.Chen is validly published here according to the Article 39.1 of ICN. Many detailed morphological characters as well as an illustration are also supplemented for further taxonomic identification. This new species is characterized by its persistent, ovate to ovate-oblong, 7–10 mm long stipules, and oblong to ovate-oblong, white or sometimes pink bracts with rounded apices. The conservation status was assessed as Least Concern (LC) according to the IUCN Red List categories and criteria.

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