Sedum lipingense (Crassulaceae) identifying a new stonecrop species in SE Guizhou, China, based on morphological and molecular evidence

By

Zhang, Ren Bo
Deng, Tan
Dou, Quan-Li
He, Lin
Lv, Xin-Yun
Jiang, Hong

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

134

Pages

125--133

Subjects

Flora of Guizhou , karst , limestone flora , new taxon , Sedum lipingense

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.134.38287

 

Abstract

We describe and illustrate Sedum lipingense (Crassulaceae), a new species of stonecrop found in the limestone areas of SE Guizhou, China. Based on the presence of adaxially gibbous carpels and follicles, this taxon belongs to sect. Sedum S.H. Fu. The new species superficially resembles S. subtile Miquel and S. bulbiferum Makino but differs from these two taxa in its development of a basal leaf rosette during florescence. The nrDNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences also support the claim that this plant is a new species in the Sedum genus.