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Issue: Vol. 641 No. 2: 18 Mar. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-03-18
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.641.2.7
Page range: 161-169
Abstract views: 5
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Asparagus dabieshanensis (Asparagaceae), a new species from Dabie Mountains, Central China

CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China. Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
College of Life Sciences, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang, 464000, China
Herbarium of Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences (HIB), Wuhan, 430074, China
CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China. Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China. Herbarium of Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences (HIB), Wuhan, 430074, China. Hubei Jiangxia Laboratory, Wuhan, 430200, China.
CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China. Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
Asparagus dabieshanensis Dabie Mountains New species Phylogeny Monocots

Abstract

Asparagus dabieshanensis, a new species from the Dabie Mountains, Central China, is described and illustrated. Morphologically, it is similar to A. cochinchinensis (Lour.) Merr. and A. filicinus D. Don, but differs in having long and straight cladodes, and shorter pedicel than that of the last two species. Molecular phylogenetic analysis based on the combined four DNA markers (trnH-psbA, trnD-trnT, ndhF, phyC) indicated that the new species is a sister to A. cochinchinensis with strong support.

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