A new species and a new series of Elatostema (Urticaceae) from south-western China

By

YIN, DAN-HONG
Huang, Teng-Fei
Lu, Zhen
Duan, Lin-Dong

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

180

Pages

65--71

Subjects

Elatostema xingyiense , series Xingyiensia , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.180.65813

 

Abstract

The new series Elatostema section Weddellia series Xingyiensia L.D. Duan & D.H. Yin (Urticaceae) is described. In addition, its new species Elatostema xingyiense L.D. Duan & D.H. Yin, endemic to Guizhou Province, is also described and illustrated with photographs. The new series is morphologically similar to series Melanocarpa W.T. Wang and series Sublinearia W.T. Wang. The new species is most similar to E. melanocarpum, E. sublineare, E. obscurinerve, E. langicuspe and E. youyangense in morphology, but can be visibly distinguished by a combination of characters, including leaf vein, male inflorescences, female inflorescences and persistent tepals.