A new species of Chrysosplenium (Saxifragaceae) from Shaanxi, north-western China

By

Fu, Long-Fei
Liao, Rui
Lan, De-qing
Wen, Fang
Liu, Hong

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

159

Pages

127--135

Subjects

Chrysosplenium zhouzhiense , Sect. Nephrophylloides , Ser. Macrophylla , Subgen. Gamosplenium , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.159.56109

 

Abstract

Chrysosplenium zhouzhiense Hong Liu, a new species from Shaanxi, north-western China, is described and photographed. The new species belongs to Subgen. Gamosplenium Sect. Nephrophylloides Ser. Macrophylla and is most similar to C. macrophyllum and C. zhangjiajieense from which it differs by having a shorter stem, rhizome absent, basal leaf absent, sterile branch arising from the flowering stem and a light yellow flower with longer stamen. A global conservation assessment is performed and classifies C. zhouzhiense as Endangered (EN).