Endiandramacrocarpa (Lauraceae), a new tree species from south-western China

Dian-Yang Zou; Guan-Long Cao; Jin-Guo Zhang; Lang Li; Jie Li

doi:10.3897/phytokeys.224.102752

Endiandramacrocarpa (Lauraceae), a new tree species from south-western China

PhytoKeys. 2023 Apr 7:224:183-192. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.224.102752. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Dian-Yang Zou^{1

2}, Guan-Long Cao^{2

3}, Jin-Guo Zhang⁴, Lang Li¹, Jie Li¹

Affiliations

¹ Plant Phylogenetics and Conservation Group, Center for Integrative Conservation & Yunnan Key Laboratory for Conservation of Tropical Rainforests and Asian Elephants, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan 666303, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.
² University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences Mengla China.
³ State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.
⁴ Administration Bureau of Maguan Gulinqing Provincial Nature Reserve, Wenshan, Yunnan 663000, China Administration Bureau of Maguan Gulinqing Provincial Nature Reserve Wenshan China.

Abstract

Endiandramacrocarpa, a new species of Endiandra (Lauraceae) from Yunnan Province of south-western China, is here described and illustrated, based on morphological evidence. Compared to other Endiandra species occurring in south China and the adjacent regions in Indochina, this species is mainly characterised by its much larger ellipsoidal fruits (up to 11 × 6 cm), as well as glabrous branchlets and puberulent inflorescences.

Keywords: Endiandra; Yunnan Province; morphology; taxonomy; tropical montane forest.

Dian-yang Zou, Guan-long Cao, Jin-guo Zhang, Lang Li, Jie Li.