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Issue: Vol. 697 No. 1: 10 Apr. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-04-10
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.697.1.9
Page range: 129-137
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Piper hongheense (Piperaceae), a new species from Yunnan, China

Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources Utilization of Spice and Beverage Crops, Spice and Beverage Research Institute, CATAS, Wanning 571533, Hainan, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Utilization & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Digital Botanical Garden, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China
Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources Utilization of Spice and Beverage Crops, Spice and Beverage Research Institute, CATAS, Wanning 571533, Hainan, China
Daweishan National Nature Reserve, Mengzi 661100, Yunnan, China
Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources Utilization of Spice and Beverage Crops, Spice and Beverage Research Institute, CATAS, Wanning 571533, Hainan, China
Daweishan National Nature Reserve, Mengzi 661100, Yunnan, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Utilization & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Digital Botanical Garden, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China, South China National Botanical Garden, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China
spice and beverage research institute, catas
Magnoliids Asia Honghe Prefecture morphology taxonomy tropical flora

Abstract

Piper hongheense (Piperaceae), a new species from Yunnan Province of China, is here described and illustrated. Morphologically it is similar to Piper boehmeriifolium and Piper boehmeriifolium var. glabricaule, from which it can be easily distinguished by the combination of characters: height 0.7–1 m, leaves oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate, 10–16 cm × 2.5–4 cm, infructescences ±0.6 cm in diam., berries and bracts white when mature. The description of the new species includes photographs, a detailed description, notes on etymology, distribution and habitat, as well as a comparison with morphologically similar species.

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How to Cite

Fan, R., Zhao, W.-J., Su, F., Li, Y., Ji, X.-Z., Su, B.-F., Xia, N.-H. & Hao, C.-Y. (2025) Piper hongheense (Piperaceae), a new species from Yunnan, China. Phytotaxa 697 (1): 129–137. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.697.1.9