Lagerstroemia yangchunensis (Lythraceae), a new species from Guangdong, China

By

Wu, Baohuan
Liu, Xiu-Ting
Bao, Zi-Yu
Ma, Xiao-Yan
Chen, Ying
Chen, Guo-Di
Hu, Xing
Liu, Guo-Feng
Dai, Se-Ping

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

255

Pages

35--40

Subjects

crape myrtle , Flora , new species , Yangchun

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.255.138826

 

Abstract

A new species from southern China, Lagerstroemia yangchunensis B.H.Wu & G.D.Chen, sp. nov., is described in the present paper. This species is morphologically similar to L. duperreana Pierre ex Gagnep., but can be distinguished by its coarse bark with vertical fissures, calyx lobes glabrous inside, and flowers with shorter pseudopedicels and petals with longer claws. Detailed morphological characteristics, habitat information, and comparisons with similar species are provided.