Tricyrtis xianjuensis (Liliaceae), a New Species from Eastern China

• Published in: Annales botanici fennici Vol. 51; no. 4; pp. 217 - 221
• Main Authors: Ma, Dan-Dan, Chen, Zheng-Hai, Li, Gen-You, Zhu, Zhi-Ming, Zhang, Ru-Zhong, Peng, Jia-Long
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Finnish Zoological and Botanical Publishing Board 2014
• Subjects: Anthers; County governments; Flowers; Forestry policy; Juries; leaves; New species; oils; pedicel; Pedicels; Plants; Stamens; Stems; Tricyrtis; China; Japan
• ISSN: 0003-3847; 1797-2442
• DOI: 10.5735/085.053.0405

Tricyrtis xianjuensis G.Y. Li, Z.H. Chen & D.D. Ma sp. nova (Liliaceae) is described from Zhejiang and illustrated. It resembles especially T. ohsumiensis and T. perfoliata (sect. Flavae), but differs from the former in having ascending stems, 70 cm long, and glabrous; widely-spaced, ovate-oblong and 2-ranked leaves with the apex acuminate to long acuminate, and without oil spots; pedicel 0.5–1.2 cm long; tepals ca. 0.8 cm wide, appearing purple-spotted inside, the outer tepals' mucro less than 1 mm long; and anthers ca. 3 mm long. Tricyrtis xianjuensis differs from T. perfoliata in having ovate-elliptic leaves, clasping at the base, not perfoliate, and without oil spots; axillary flowers, numbering one or two; and 20–25 mm long tepals with slightly larger and scattered spots. The present report extends the known distribution of Tricyrtis sect. Flavae from Japan to China.