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Issue: Vol. 777 No. 2: 30 Sept. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-09-30
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.777.2.8
Page range: 185-192
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Ophiopogon longiscapus (Asparagaceae), a new species from southeastern Yunnan, China

College of Forestry; Southwest Forestry University; Panlong; Kunming; Yunnan; 650224; China; Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute; Chinese Academy of Sciences & Center for Integrative Conservation; Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Menglun; Mengla; Yunnan 666303; China
Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute; Chinese Academy of Sciences & Center for Integrative Conservation; Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Menglun; Mengla; Yunnan 666303; China; Yunnan International Joint Laboratory of Southeast Asia Biodiversity Conservation & Yunnan Key Laboratory for Conservation of Tropical Rainforests and Asian Elephants; Menglun; Mengla; Yunnan 666303; China
Management Bureau of Wenshan National Nature Reserve; Wenshan; Yunnan 66300; China
Management Bureau of Wenshan National Nature Reserve; Wenshan; Yunnan 66300; China
Management Bureau of Wenshan National Nature Reserve; Wenshan; Yunnan 66300; China
Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute; Chinese Academy of Sciences & Center for Integrative Conservation; Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Menglun; Mengla; Yunnan 666303; China; Yunnan International Joint Laboratory of Southeast Asia Biodiversity Conservation & Yunnan Key Laboratory for Conservation of Tropical Rainforests and Asian Elephants; Menglun; Mengla; Yunnan 666303; China
Management Bureau of Wenshan National Nature Reserve; Wenshan; Yunnan 66300; China
Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute; Chinese Academy of Sciences & Center for Integrative Conservation; Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Menglun; Mengla; Yunnan 666303; China; Yunnan International Joint Laboratory of Southeast Asia Biodiversity Conservation & Yunnan Key Laboratory for Conservation of Tropical Rainforests and Asian Elephants; Menglun; Mengla; Yunnan 666303; China
Monocots National Nature Reserve Ophiopogon longifolius plant taxonomy subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests

Abstract

Ophiopogon longiscapus (Asparagaceae), a new species from southeastern Yunnan, China, is described and illustrated herein. It is morphologically similar to O. longifolius, but can be readily distinguished by its slender roots lacking fusiform tubers, thick and branched rhizome with densely crowded nodes, scape exceeding the leaves, racemose inflorescence occupying only one-quarter to one-third of the entire scape length, narrowly elliptic perianth lobes white adaxially and pinkish-purple abaxially, spreading flat at anthesis, and anthers 5.2–8.3 mm long, yellowish-green. Notes on its habitat, phenology, conservation status, and comparisons with allied species are also provided.

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How to Cite

Chen, J., Ding, H.-B., Chen, J.-G., Tong, C.-B., Feng, Y.-F., Li, J.-W., He, D.-M. & Tan, Y.-H. (2026) Ophiopogon longiscapus (Asparagaceae), a new species from southeastern Yunnan, China. Phytotaxa 777 (2): 185–192. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.777.2.8