Walsuraguangxiensis (Meliaceae), a new species from Guangxi, China

You Nong; Chuan-Gui Xu; Gui-Yuan Wei; Ke-Jian Yan; Xin-Cheng Qu; Zhan-Jiang Zhang; Ren-Chuan Hu; Yun-Feng Huang

doi:10.3897/phytokeys.234.106205

Walsuraguangxiensis (Meliaceae), a new species from Guangxi, China

PhytoKeys. 2023 Oct 26:234:219-227. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.234.106205. eCollection 2023.

Authors

You Nong¹, Chuan-Gui Xu¹, Gui-Yuan Wei¹, Ke-Jian Yan¹, Xin-Cheng Qu¹, Zhan-Jiang Zhang², Ren-Chuan Hu¹, Yun-Feng Huang¹

Affiliations

¹ Guangxi Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Quality Standards, Guangxi Institute of Chinese Medicine & Pharmaceutical Science, No. 20-1 Dongge Road, Nanning, Guangxi, China Guangxi Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Quality Standards, Guangxi Institute of Chinese Medicine & Pharmaceutical Science Nanning China.
² Guangxi Key Laboratory of Medicinal Resources Protection and Genetic Improvement, Guangxi Botanical Garden of Medicinal Plant, Nanning 530023, China Guangxi Key Laboratory of Medicinal Resources Protection and Genetic Improvement, Guangxi Botanical Garden of Medicinal Plant Nanning China.

Abstract

Walsuraguangxiensis (Meliaceae), a new species from Guangxi, China, is here described and illustrated. The new species is easily distinguishable from the other two Chinese members of the genus by its petals being pale yellow, filaments being connate into tubes above the middle, the berry being oval and glabrous. An identification key of Walsura for 17 species is also provided.

Keywords: China; Meliaceae; Walsuraguangxiensis; new species; taxonomy.

You Nong, Chuan-Gui Xu, Gui-Yuan Wei, Ke-Jian Yan, Xin-Cheng Qu, Zhan-Jiang Zhang, Ren-Chuan Hu, Yun-Feng Huang.

Grants and funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (32000264), the Survey and Collection of Germplasm Resources of Woody & Herbaceous Plants in Guangxi, China (GXFS-2021-34).