Saxifraga viridiflora (Saxifragaceae), an unusual new species from Guangxi, China

By

Zhang, Xinjian
Fu, Quansheng
Chen, Jun-Tong
Li, Lijuan
Luo, Pengrui
Peng, Jing-Yi
Huang, Xianhan
Sun, Hang.
Deng, Tao

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

184

Pages

19--26

Subjects

China , Guangxi , new species , Saxifragaceae , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.184.73421

 

Abstract

Saxifraga viridiflora, a remarkable new species of the genus Saxifraga sect. Irregulares (Saxifragaceae) from Guangxi, is described and illustrated herein. This new species morphologically differs from all known S. sect. Irregulares taxa by its greenish petals, verruculose sepals, and thick leathery leaf blade abaxially scarlet with white spots.