Ceropegia eshanensis, a new species of Apocynaceae from Yunnan, China

Ceropegia eshanensis, a new species from Yimen, Yunnan, China, is described and illustrated. The species is presently placed in sect. Chionopegia, morphologically, it is similar to C. driophila and C. exigua, but clearly differs in its densely verrucose lenticellate old stems, leaf blades ovate to e...

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Published inTAIWANIA Vol. 68; no. 1; pp. 75 - 78
Main Authors Ma, Xing-Da, Wang, Wen-Guang, Shi, Ji-Pu, Shen, Jian-Yong
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 台灣 臺灣大學生命科學院 01.03.2023
國立臺灣大學生命科學院
National Taiwan University, College of Life Science
Subjects
Ceropegia
Ceropegia driophila
Ceropegia exigua
Chionopegia
distribution
Dry season
Eshan
Follicles
herbs
morphological
Morphology
New species
Ovaries
Phylogenetics
SCIE
Scopus
TSCI
Ceropegia
morphological
Ceropegia exigua
Eshan
Ceropegia driophila
Chionopegia
distribution
herbs
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Summary:Ceropegia eshanensis, a new species from Yimen, Yunnan, China, is described and illustrated. The species is presently placed in sect. Chionopegia, morphologically, it is similar to C. driophila and C. exigua, but clearly differs in its densely verrucose lenticellate old stems, leaf blades ovate to elliptic, 4-7 × 3-4.5 cm, glabrous, base broadly cuneate, slightly decurrent, longer peduncles. A comparison table of related species is provided.
ISSN:0372-333X
DOI:10.6165/tai.2023.68.75