Liu Zhong-Cheng, Liu Jia, Zhao Wan-Yi, Fan Qiang, Ye Hua-Gu, Wang Lei, Liao Wen-Bo
State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China Capital Normal University Beijing China.
College of Resource Environment and Tourism, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China Sun Yan-Sen University Guangzhou China.
PhytoKeys. 2022 Nov 30;214:75-82. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.214.89276. eCollection 2022.
, a new Rubiaceae species from E'huangzhang Nature Reserve, Guangdong Province, China, is here described and illustrated. A morphological comparison between the new species and its putative relatives, , and , is presented. The new species is mostly similar to , but they can be distinguished from each other since presents solitary flower (vs. 2-flowered inflorescences), flower lobes 4 (vs. 5) and anthers opening by longitudinal slits (vs. apical pores). In a preliminary IUCN Red List status of this species is assigned as Vulnerable (VU).