Novelties on the genus Vaccinium (Ericaceae) from Hainan, China: a new species and a new record for the country

Xue-He Ye; Qing-Long Wang; Ming-Zhong Huang; Yi-Hua Tong

doi:10.3897/phytokeys.202.82786

Novelties on the genus Vaccinium (Ericaceae) from Hainan, China: a new species and a new record for the country

PhytoKeys. 2022 Jul 29:202:121-132. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.202.82786. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Xue-He Ye^{1

2

3}, Qing-Long Wang⁴, Ming-Zhong Huang⁴, Yi-Hua Tong^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ 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 South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences Guangzhou China.
² Center of Conservation Biology, Core Botanical Gardens, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, China Core Botanical Gardens, Chinese Academy of Sciences Guangzhou China.
³ Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, 510225, China Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering Guangzhou China.
⁴ Tropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, 571101, China Tropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute Haikou China.

Abstract

Here we describe a new species, Vacciniumpseudopubicalyx, and report a new record for the flora of China, V.viscifolium, both from Hainan Province. Vacciniumviscifolium also represents the first record of V.sect.Euepigynium for China. Detailed descriptions and illustrations with analytical photographs of the two taxa are provided.

Keywords: Morphology; Vacciniumpubicalyx; new species; taxonomy.

Xue-He Ye, Qing-Long Wang, Ming-Zhong Huang, Yi-Hua Tong.