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Issue: Vol. 733 No. 2: 11 Dec. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-12-11
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.733.2.8
Page range: 253-258
Abstract views: 49
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Rubus calophyllus var. longipedicellatus (Rosaceae), a new variety from Xizang, China

School of Life Sciences (School of Ecological Forestry), Mianyang Normal University; Forest Ecology and Conservation in the Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province; Key Laboratory of Research and Conservation of Biological Diversity in Minshan Mountain of National Park of Giant Pandas at Mianyang Normal University of Sichuan Province, Mianyang, Sichuan 621000, China
Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization & Ecological Restoration Biodiversity Conservation, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China
School of Life Sciences (School of Ecological Forestry), Mianyang Normal University; Forest Ecology and Conservation in the Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province; Key Laboratory of Research and Conservation of Biological Diversity in Minshan Mountain of National Park of Giant Pandas at Mianyang Normal University of Sichuan Province, Mianyang, Sichuan 621000, China
School of Life Sciences (School of Ecological Forestry), Mianyang Normal University; Forest Ecology and Conservation in the Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province; Key Laboratory of Research and Conservation of Biological Diversity in Minshan Mountain of National Park of Giant Pandas at Mianyang Normal University of Sichuan Province, Mianyang, Sichuan 621000, China
Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210037, China
Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization & Ecological Restoration Biodiversity Conservation, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China
new variety Rosaceae Xizang Eudicots

Abstract

Rubus calophyllus var. longipedicellatus (Rosaceae) is described as a new variety from Motuo, Xizang, southwestern China. It is similar to R. calophyllus var. calophyllus in having simple leaves abaxially densely silvery gray or yellowish gray appressed-sericeous, but differs in its long panicles nearly corymbiform, ca. 7–13-flowered (vs. flowers 2–7, densely clustered, nearly tufted), pedicels 2.5–3.5 cm (vs. pedicels 0.5–1.2 cm), and calyces abaxially white pilose and with dark purplish red finely prickle-like or finely subulate long glandular hairs (vs. calyces abaxially white pilose and usually without glandular hairs).

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How to Cite

Xiong, X.-H., Ju, W.-B., Pu, Y.-Q., Liu, C., Li, M. & Xu, B. (2025) Rubus calophyllus var. longipedicellatus (Rosaceae), a new variety from Xizang, China. Phytotaxa 733 (2): 253–258. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.733.2.8