Polygonatum dolichocarpum (Asparagaceae), a New Species from Yunnan, China

MINORU N. TAMURA; SHIZUKA FUSE; HENG LI; YONG-PING YANG; YING MENG; HIROSHI IKEDA

doi:10.18942/apg.KJ00009868526

MINORU N. TAMURA, SHIZUKA FUSE, HENG LI, YONG-PING YANG, YING MENG, HIROSHI IKEDA

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Keywords: Asparagaceae, China, Gaoligong Shan, new species, number of ovules, pericladium, Polygonatum, Polygonatum dolichocarpum, young fruit, Yunnan

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2014 Volume 65 Issue 3 Pages 157-159

DOI https://doi.org/10.18942/apg.KJ00009868526

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Abstract

Based on plants from Gaoligong Shan, Yunnan, China, we provide the first description of Polygonatum dolichocarpum, sp. nov. (Asparagaceae). In all previously described species of Polygonatum the young fruits are more or less globose and contain fewer than 9 ovules/seeds per locule and the pericladium is short or absent. Polygonatum dolichocarpum has elongate young fruits with 9 to 12 ovules/seeds per locule and long pericladia.

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