Saxifragaviridiflora (Saxifragaceae), an unusual new species from Guangxi, China

Xin-Jian Zhang; Quan-Sheng Fu; Jun-Tong Chen; Li-Juan Li; Peng-Rui Luo; Jing-Yi Peng; Xian-Han Huang; Hang Sun; Tao Deng

doi:10.3897/phytokeys.184.73421

Saxifragaviridiflora (Saxifragaceae), an unusual new species from Guangxi, China

PhytoKeys. 2021 Oct 25:184:19-26. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.184.73421. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Xin-Jian Zhang^{1

2}, Quan-Sheng Fu^{1

2}, Jun-Tong Chen^{1

2}, Li-Juan Li^{2

3}, Peng-Rui Luo^{1

2}, Jing-Yi Peng⁴, Xian-Han Huang¹, Hang Sun¹, Tao Deng¹

Affiliations

¹ CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China.
² University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
³ CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China.
⁴ College of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Jishou University, Jishou 416000, Hunan, China.

Abstract

Saxifragaviridiflora, a remarkable new species of the genus Saxifragasect.Irregulares (Saxifragaceae) from Guangxi, is described and illustrated herein. This new species morphologically differs from all known S.sect.Irregulares taxa by its greenish petals, verruculose sepals, and thick leathery leaf blade abaxially scarlet with white spots.

Keywords: China; Guangxi; Saxifragaceae; new species; taxonomy.

Xin-Jian Zhang, Quan-Sheng Fu, Jun-Tong Chen, Li-Juan Li, Peng-Rui Luo, Jing-Yi Peng, Xian-Han Huang, Hang Sun, Tao Deng.