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Issue: Vol. 701 No. 2: 14 May 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-05-14
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.701.2.6
Page range: 199-206
Abstract views: 156
PDF downloaded: 16

Salix zhixiangiana (Salicaceae), a new species from Northeast China

School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
Nature Conservation Management Center of Changbai Mountain, Erdao Baihe Town 133613
School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
School of Life Sciences, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
Shenyang Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
Changbai Mountain China new species Salix Eudicots

Abstract

We describe Salix zhixiangiana, a new species endemic to the southwestern slope of the Changbai Mountain in Jilin Province, China. The new species is sympatric to S. arbutifolia and S. maximowiczii and is similar to them in morphology. We can distinguish the new species from S. arbutifolia by the diameter at breast height, the cracking pattern of bark, the shape of leaf, the leaf margin, the presence or absence of stipule and the length of filament. While comparing the new species with S. maximowiczii, we can distinguish them by the 2–3 years old branches, the shape of stipule, the length and direction of infructescence, the presence or absence of floral nectary and the stamen number. We place the new species in sect. Chosenia.

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How to Cite

Zhan, Z., Shang, C., Shao, L., Luo, Y., Zheng, B. & Zhang, Y. (2025) Salix zhixiangiana (Salicaceae), a new species from Northeast China. Phytotaxa 701 (2): 199–206. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.701.2.6