A new species of Eriobotrya (Rosaceae) from Yunnan Province, China

By

Chen, Sufang
Meng, Kaikai
Guo, Xi-Bing
Zhao, Wanyi
Liao, Wenbo
Fan, Qiang.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

146

Pages

61--69

Subjects

chloroplast genome sequences , Morphology , Phylogeny , subtribe Malinae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.146.50728

 

Abstract

Eriobotrya laoshanica, a new species of Rosaceae from Yunnan, China, is described and illustrated. The new species is easily distinguished from the most similar speciesE. malipoensisK. C. Kuan by its longer petioles (2–5 vs. 0.5–1 cm); indumentum on the lower leaf surfaces (densely tomentose vs. glabrous); much fewer flowers (15- to 30-flowered vs. 50- to 100-flowered) on the panicle; larger flowers (2.5–3 vs. 1.5–2 cm in diameter); and non-angulated (vs. angulated) young fruits.