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Issue: Vol. 633 No. 2: 5 Jan. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-01-05
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.633.2.8
Page range: 171-175
Abstract views: 105
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A new species of Dichocarpum (Ranunculaceae) from northeastern Yunnan, China

CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China.
CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
Administration Bureau of Yunnan Wumengshan National Nature Reserve, Zhaoyang 657099, Yunnan, China.
CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China.
Administration Bureau of Yunnan Wumengshan National Nature Reserve, Zhaoyang 657099, Yunnan, China.
Wumeng mountains morphology taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

A new species of Ranunculaceae, Dichocarpum yongshanense, is described and illustrated from northeastern Yunnan, China. Morphologically, it is similar to Dichocarpum hypoglaucum, but differs from the latter by its two basal leaves, membranous and abaxially non-pruinose leaf blade, and pinkish sepals. The new species is assessed to be Endangered (EN) according to IUCN categories and criteria.

 

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