A new species of Viola (Violaceae) from Guangdong Province, China

By

Huang, Yanshuang
Ning, Kang
Zhong, Xiang-Jing
Liao, Wenbo
Fan, Qiang.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

176

Pages

67--76

Subjects

Morphology , new species , Phylogeny , section Diffusae , Viola huizhouensis

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.176.65443

 

Abstract

Viola huizhouensis (Violaceae), a new species from Xiangtoushan National Nature Reserve of Guangdong Province in China, is described and illustrated. The new species is most similar to V. guangzhouensis, but it can be easily distinguished by its much stouter rhizome, lack of aerial stem, dense pubescence of the basal pedicel and the whole plant. Our phylogenetic analysis, based on ITS sequences, confirms that the new species belongs to V. sect. Diffusae.