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Nanocnide zhejiangensis sp. nov. (Urticaceae: Urticeae) from Zhejiang Province, East China
Author(s) -
Jin XiaoFeng,
Zhang Jian,
Lu YiFei,
Yang WangWei,
Chen WeiJie
Publication year - 2019
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.02339
Subject(s) - perianth , urticaceae , biology , botany , inflorescence , stamen , apex (geometry) , extant taxon , japonica , evolutionary biology , pollen
Nanocnide zhejiangensis X.F. Jin & Y.F. Lu, a new species of Urticaceae from Zhejiang, east China, is described with illustrations. The new species is morphologically similar to Nanocnide japonica in having staminate inflorescence longer than leaves, but differs by having glabrous stems, petioles, peduncles and abaxial leaf surfaces, glabrous perianth lobes of staminate flowers, dorsally glabrous perianth lobes of pistillate flowers, and acuminate or solitary spinose–setaceous at the apex. Analysis based on ITS, atpF–H, atpB– rbc L and trn L–F sequences also demonstrate that Nanocnide japonica is the closest extant relative to the new species.