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Issue: Vol. 634 No. 1: 11 Jan. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-01-11
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.634.1.7
Page range: 79-84
Abstract views: 94
PDF downloaded: 8

Epimedium daiguii (Berberidaceae), a new species from central China

Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Orchid Conservation and Utilization, and Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization, The National Orchid Conservation Center of China and the Orchid Conservation & Research Center of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518114, China. College of Biological Resources and Environmental Sciences, Jishou University, Jishou, Hunan 416000, China. Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
Chongqing Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Resource, Chongqing Academy of Chinese Materia Medica, Chongqing, China.
College of Biological Resources and Environmental Sciences, Jishou University, Jishou, Hunan 416000, China.
College of Biological Resources and Environmental Sciences, Jishou University, Jishou, Hunan 416000, China.
Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193, China.
Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
Central China Epimedium daiguii new species taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

Epimedium daiguii C. Zhang, B.L. Guo & Q.R. Liu, a new species of the Epimedium, is found and described from Wuling Mountains, Hunan Province, China. It should be a member of Epimedium sect. Diphyllon ser. Brachycerae due to the distinct minor flower feature. This new species resembles E. elachyphyllum (E. parvifolium) in flower traits. The stout rhizomes, flowering stem with two opposite trifoliolate leaves and paniculate inflorescences of this new species distinguish from E. elachyphyllum with elongated rhizomes, flowering stem with a single leaflet, and simple inflorescences.

 

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