Fordiophyton tereticaule (Melastomataceae), a new species from China

By

Zeng, Si-Jin
Tong, Yi-Hua
Xia, Nianhe

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

197

Pages

59--69

Subjects

Phylogeny , Sonerileae , taxonomy , Yunnan

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.197.82670

 

Abstract

A new species, Fordiophyton tereticaule, from China, is described and illustrated here based on morphological and molecular evidence. It is morphologically similar to F. faberi in having erect stems, slightly oblique and membranous leaf blades, broadly ovate to suborbicular bracts, and oblong petals, but differs by the terete stems, densely puberulous petioles, and elliptic leaf blades. Our phylogenetic analyses based on plastid genome and nrITS data indicate that this new species is clustered with four Fordiophyton species of Yunnan but placed far apart from F. faberi. An updated key to the genus is also provided.