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| Euphorbia zhongiana in Li, Xu, F. Chen, Pu, Xie, ... et Liang, 2024. |
Abstract
Euphorbia zhongiana (Euphorbiaceae), from Zhejiang Province, eastern China, is described and illustrated as a new species. It is morphologically similar to E. fauriei, however, differs in its winter green habit, whole plant being glabrous; cyathophylls 2, broadly ovate, yellow-greenish; involucre 2.5–3.0 × 2.5–3.0 mm; the surface of ovary usually smooth, rare sparsely microtuberous; styles connate at middle towards base; apex slightly 2–lobed; capsules smooth without tuberculate or conical verrucae, rare sparsely and inconspicuously rugose; seed coat with reticulate wrinkle.
Euphorbia zhongiana, new species, morphological characters, phylogenetics analysis, Eastern China, Eudicots
Jun-Ping LI, Pan XU, Feng CHEN, Jin-Bao PU, Wen-Yuan XIE, Jun-Feng WANG, Jian-Sheng WANG, Hua-Min ZHU, Zheng-Hai CHEN and Wei-Qing LIANG. 2024. Euphorbia zhongiana (Euphorbia section Helioscopia, subgenus Esula, Euphorbiaceae), A New Species from Danxia Landform Areas in Zhejiang Province, Eastern China. Phytotaxa. 665(2); 96-108. DOI: doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.665.2.2