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Issue: Vol. 705 No. 3: 17 Jun. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-06-17
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.705.3.3
Page range: 260-268
Abstract views: 100
PDF downloaded: 13

Morphological and phylogenetic analyses reveal one new species of Sinocrassula belonging to Crassulaceae

Yunnan Vocational Institute of Energy Technology, 655001, Qujing, P. R. China
School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650504, Yunnan, China
Yunnan Key Laboratory of Forest Ecosystem Stability and Global Change, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan, 666303, China; Yuanjiang Savanna Ecosystem Research Station, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yuanjiang, 653300 Yunnan, China
School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, East Outer Ring Road, Chenggong District, Kunming, 650500, Yunnan, China
Kungia Sedum phylogeny Yunnan Southwestern China Eudicots

Abstract

A new species, Sinocrassula adpressa (Crassulaceae), is described and illustrated from Yunnan Province, southwest region of China in present study. Morphologically, S. adpressa can easily recognized by stem purple red with spots, leaves purple red with spots, petals central protrusion with red stripe, sepals obovate-triangle and purple. A phylogenetic analysis based on four plastid markers and one nuclear marker supported the new species as mostly closely related to S. ganluoensis and S. obliquifolia.

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How to Cite

He, A., Zhao, J., Chen, C. & Wang, J.-G. (2025) Morphological and phylogenetic analyses reveal one new species of Sinocrassula belonging to Crassulaceae. Phytotaxa 705 (3): 260–268. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.705.3.3