Spiradiclis pengshuiensis (Ophiorrhizeae, Rubioideae), a new species from Chongqing, China

Bo Pan; Hu-Sheng Ma; Rui-Jiang Wang

doi:10.3897/phytokeys.63.8016

Spiradiclis pengshuiensis (Ophiorrhizeae, Rubioideae), a new species from Chongqing, China

PhytoKeys. 2016 May 18:(63):41-5. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.63.8016. eCollection 2016.

Authors

Bo Pan¹, Hu-Sheng Ma¹, Rui-Jiang Wang²

Affiliations

¹ Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Zhuangzu Autonomous Region and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guilin 541006, China.
² Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China.

Abstract

Spiradiclis pengshuiensis Bo Pan & R. J. Wang (Rubiaceae) is described as a new species from Chongqing in SW China. It is morphologically compared with Spiradiclis pauciflora L. Wu & Q. R. Liu because of their similarities in habit, pubescent surface, small leaf laminas and subglobose capsules. Its conservation status is evaluated as "VU" according to the IUCN categories and criteria.

Keywords: China; New taxon; Rubiaceae; Spiradiclis.