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Ophiorrhiza macrocarpa (Rubiaceae), a new viviparous species from Yunnan, southwestern China
Author(s) -
Wu Lei,
Tan YunHong,
Hareesh VadakkootSankaran,
Liu QuanRu
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
nordic journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1756-1051
pISSN - 0107-055X
DOI - 10.1111/njb.01637
Subject(s) - biology , rubiaceae , herbarium , china , botany , geography , archaeology
Ophiorrhiza macrocarpa, a new species of Rubiaceae is described and illustrated from China. It was previously misidentified as O. wallichii in Chinese herbaria and literature, a species originally described from India. Detailed descriptions, distribution, ecological data and colour photographs of the new species are provided. Ophiorrhiza macrocarpa is the third viviparous species in Ophiorrhiza .