Viola shiweii, a new species of Viola (Violaceae) from karst forest in Guizhou, China

By

Li, Xiaochen
Wang, Zhengwei
Wang, Qi
Ge, Bin-Jie
Chen, Bin
Yu, Ping
Zhong, Xin

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

196

Pages

63--89

Subjects

Morphology , Phylogeny , sect. Plagiostigma , subg. Viola

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.196.83176

 

Abstract

Viola shiweii Xiao C. Li & Z. W. Wang (Violaceae), a new species from Guizhou, China, is described, based on morphological and molecular evidence. The new species is morphologically most similar to V. kwangtungensis Melchior in its glabrous lateral petals and stoloniferous habit, but can be distinguished by its obtuse teeth along the leaf margin, its abaxially greyish-green leaf blade and its broader and entire sepals with a distinct basal appendage.