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| Lonicera lanzhouensis Shun Liu & Yu J. Wang, in Liu et Wang, 2025. |
Abstract
Lonicera lanzhouensis (Caprifoliaceae), a new species from Lanzhou City, Gansu province, China, is described and illustrated. The new species is morphologically similar to L. webbiana in that it has a bilabiate corolla and a long peduncle. It differs by narrowly lanceolate leaves (vs. ovate to ovate-lanceolate), yellow-green corolla at the beginning and reddish-purple when mature (vs. purple-red) and long involucral bracts (vs. short). The new species is supported by the genetic differentiation and phylogenetic analysis based on ITS and the combined sequences of chloroplast psbA-trnH and matK fragments.
Key words: Lonicera lanzhouensis, molecular phylogeny, new species, taxonomy
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| Lonicera lanzhouensis A habitat B whole individual C adaxial surface of leaf D abaxial surface of leaf E corolla at different stages F fruit. |
Lonicera lanzhouensis Shun Liu & Yu J. Wang, sp. nov.
Etymology. The specific epithet indicates its type locality, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, China.
Chinese name. Lanzhou rendong (兰州忍冬).
Shun Liu and Yu-Jin Wang. 2025. Lonicera lanzhouensis (Caprifoliaceae), A New Species from Gansu, Northwest China. PhytoKeys. 256: 83-90. DOI: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.256.142365
