Ophiorrhiza guizhouensis (Rubiaceae), a new species from Guizhou Province, southwestern China

By

Yang, Chuandong
He, Xuanze
Gou, Guangqian

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

95

Pages

121-126

Subjects

China , distyly , Guizhou , new taxa , Ophiorrhiza

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.95.22506

 

Abstract

In this study, Ophiorrhiza guizhouensis, a new species of Rubiaceae from south-western China, is described and illustrated. The new species is morphologically similar to O. japonica, but differs from the latter by having terete stems which are densely hirtellous, usually persistent ciliate stipules with well-developed colleters inside the base of the stipule, shorter corolla tubes and shorter stamens and styles.