Vaccinium bangliangense, a new species of Ericaceae from limestone areas in Guangxi, China

By

Huang, Yu-song
Nong, Shi-Yue
Li, Xing-Kang
Xie, Gao
Tong, Yi-Hua

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022-4-11

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

194

Pages

23--31

Subjects

limestone flora , Morphology , new species , south-western Guangxi , Vaccinium

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.194.81018

 

Abstract

Vaccinium bangliangense, a new species from limestone areas in Guangxi, China, is described and illustrated. It is morphologically most similar to V. pseudotonkinense and V. sciaphilum in having small and dense obovate leaf blades with a retuse apex, hairy young branches and calyx and campanulate corollas, but can be distinguished from them by the distance of basal gland from petiole, the length of peduncle, pedicle and filaments, the indumentum of calyx tube and corolla and the existence of apical glands on calyx lobes. A table to distinguish the new species from other morphologically similar Vaccinium species, as well as colour plates of comparison of key characters, is also provided.