Spiradiclislonganensis, a new species of Rubiaceae from China

Haizhen Wen; Ruijiang Wang; Shujun Deng

doi:10.3897/phytokeys.55.4975

Spiradiclislonganensis, a new species of Rubiaceae from China

PhytoKeys. 2015 Aug 5:(55):113-7. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.55.4975. eCollection 2015.

Authors

Haizhen Wen¹, Ruijiang Wang², Shujun Deng²

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China ; Medical College, Foshan University, Foshan 528000, Guangdong, China.
² Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China.

Abstract

A new species of Spiradiclis (Rubiaceae) was found during our field trip to Guangxi, China, and is described here as Spiradiclislonganensis R. J. Wang. This species is readily distinguishable from other prostrate and decumbent species of the genus described previously by dense pubescence all over the plant, 5-20 small flowers per cymose, linear calyx lobes, and tubular corolla. The conservation status of VU was preliminarily assessed according to IUCN categories and criteria.

Keywords: China; Rubiaceae; Spiradiclis; taxonomy.