A new species of Rhododendron (Ericaceae) from Guizhou, China

Xiao-Yong Dai; Cheng-Hua Yang; Bing Yang; Pu Chen; Yong-Peng Ma

doi:10.3897/phytokeys.146.51342

A new species of Rhododendron (Ericaceae) from Guizhou, China

PhytoKeys. 2020 May 8:146:53-59. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.146.51342. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Xiao-Yong Dai¹, Cheng-Hua Yang¹, Bing Yang¹, Pu Chen², Yong-Peng Ma³

Affiliations

¹ Guizhou Academy of Forestry, Guiyang 550009, Guizhou, China Guizhou Academy of Forestry Guiyang China.
² Puding Forestry and Grassland Administration, Puding 562100, Guizhou, China Puding Forestry and Grassland Administration Puding China.
³ Yunnan Key Laboratory for Integrative Conservation of Plant Species with Extremely Small Populations, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences Kunming China.

Abstract

A new species of the Rhododendron (Ericaceae) in subgen. Tsutsusisect.Tsutsusi from Puding county of Guizhou, China, is described and illustrated. The new species, R.pudingense X.Y. Dai, C.H. Yang & Y.P. Ma, is similar to R.myrsinifolium Ching ex Fang et M. Y. He and R.minutiflorum Hu, but it can be easily distinguished by its length and being pubescent on inner surface of corolla tube, sparse hairs below the middle of filament and the glabrous style.

Keywords: China; Ericaceae; Guizhou; R.pudingense; Rhododendron; Tsutsusi.

Xiao-Yong Dai, Cheng-Hua Yang, Bing Yang, Pu Chen, Yong-Peng Ma.