Two new varieties of Agapetes (Ericaceae) from Xizang, China

Yi-Hua Tong; Xiang-Long Guo; Bing-Mou Wang; Zi Wang; Yong-Jie Guo

doi:10.3897/phytokeys.249.133820

Two new varieties of Agapetes (Ericaceae) from Xizang, China

PhytoKeys. 2024 Nov 8:249:1-11. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.249.133820. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Yi-Hua Tong^{1

2}, Xiang-Long Guo³, Bing-Mou Wang⁴, Zi Wang⁵, Yong-Jie Guo^{6

7}

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization & Key Laboratory of Digital Botanical Garden of Guangdong Province, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510650, China South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences Guangzhou China.
² South China National Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510650, China South China National Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences Guangzhou China.
³ School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China Peking University Beijing China.
⁴ Panyu Central Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 511402, China Panyu Central Hospital Guangzhou China.
⁵ College of Fungi and Ecology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University Fuzhou China.
⁶ Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, 650201, China Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences Kunming China.
⁷ University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.

Abstract

Two new varieties from Xizang, China, i.e. Agapetesinterdictavar.flaviflora and A.forrestiivar.parvifolia, are described and illustrated. Agapetesinterdictavar.flaviflora differs from the nominate variety in having yellow and smaller corollas with shorter lobes and anthers with shorter appendages at the base. Agapetesforrestiivar.parvifolia is distinguished from the nominate variety in the smaller leaves with an acute apex, nearly transverse secondary veins and puberulent peduncle. Taxonomic notes on these taxa are also provided.

Keywords: Medog County; morphology; taxonomy.

Yi-Hua Tong, Xiang-Long Guo, Bing-Mou Wang, Zi Wang, Yong-Jie Guo.