Vicia mingyueshanensis (Fabeae, Papilionoideae, Fabaceae), a new species from western Jiangxi, China

By

Xiao, Zhiyong
Li, Xiaochun
Luo, Ying
Zeng, Chuansheng
Qiu, Banggui
Cao, Fuliang

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

187

Pages

71--76

Subjects

Flora of China , Leguminosae , new taxon , taxonomy , Vicia

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.187.71960

 

Abstract

Vicia mingyueshanensis, a new species from the Mingyue Mountain Region of western Jiangxi, China, is described and illustrated. It is a perennial climbing liana that always links to riparian woods. A morphological comparison indicated that the new species is closely similar to Vicia taipaica K. T. Fu and Vicia dichroantha Diels; however, it differs from the other two species by several salient characters, such as plant indumentum, stipule shape, corolla colour, bractlet shape and calyx shape. Photographs, a preliminary conservation assessment, table of morphological characters and distribution map comparing this new species to two morphologically-similar species are also provided.