Sorbus gongshanensis (Rosaceae), a new species from the Hengduan Mountains, China

By

Li, Meng
Gao, Xin-Fen
Tian, Jing
Ju, Wen-Bin

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

144

Pages

1--9

Subjects

Flora of China , taxonomy , Xizang , Yunnan

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.144.48516

 

Abstract

Sorbus gongshanensissp. nov., a new species from the Hengduan Mountains China, is described and illustrated. It is similar to S. kurzii from China (Yunnan & Xizang), Nepal, and Sikkim in the size of the leaflets, glabrous veins, persistent (sometimes) herbaceous stipules and reddish brown villous inflorescences and red fruits, but differs in its serrate leaflet margins toothed in the distal half or often almost to their base, reddish brown villous to glabrous hypanthium and reddish brown villous infructescences, among other characteristics.