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Mazus sunhangii (Mazaceae), a New Species Discovered in Central China Appears to Be Highly Endangered
Mazus sunhangii, a new species of Mazaceae from central China is described and illustrated based on evidence from morphology and molecular phylogeny. This new species is morphologically similar to M. puchellus and M. omeiensis but differs in erect habit, inflorescence position, leaf pattern and coro...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5081197/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27783628 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0163581 |
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author | Deng, Tao Zhang, Xiao-Shuang Kim, Changkyun Zhang, Jian-Wen Zhang, Dai-Gui Volis, Sergei |
author_facet | Deng, Tao Zhang, Xiao-Shuang Kim, Changkyun Zhang, Jian-Wen Zhang, Dai-Gui Volis, Sergei |
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description | Mazus sunhangii, a new species of Mazaceae from central China is described and illustrated based on evidence from morphology and molecular phylogeny. This new species is morphologically similar to M. puchellus and M. omeiensis but differs in erect habit, inflorescence position, leaf pattern and corolla color. Phylogenetic analysis based on four chloroplast DNA regions (rbcL, rps16, trnL-F, and psbA-trnH) identified the new species as the independent lineage sister to the other East Asian Mazus species. The new species is known only from a single location in Mt. Shennongjia area in northwest Hubei province, at the elevation of 760 m. The species grows on the limestone cliff, and, because a tourist arterial highway is located along this cliff, its habitat can be easily disturbed or destroyed. We propose that the only known species location is recognized as critical habitat (i.e., as the habitat required to ensure the persistence of a species) and the species listed as Critically Endangered based on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List Categories and Criteria B2a. |
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spelling | pubmed-50811972016-11-04 Mazus sunhangii (Mazaceae), a New Species Discovered in Central China Appears to Be Highly Endangered Deng, Tao Zhang, Xiao-Shuang Kim, Changkyun Zhang, Jian-Wen Zhang, Dai-Gui Volis, Sergei PLoS One Research Article Mazus sunhangii, a new species of Mazaceae from central China is described and illustrated based on evidence from morphology and molecular phylogeny. This new species is morphologically similar to M. puchellus and M. omeiensis but differs in erect habit, inflorescence position, leaf pattern and corolla color. Phylogenetic analysis based on four chloroplast DNA regions (rbcL, rps16, trnL-F, and psbA-trnH) identified the new species as the independent lineage sister to the other East Asian Mazus species. The new species is known only from a single location in Mt. Shennongjia area in northwest Hubei province, at the elevation of 760 m. The species grows on the limestone cliff, and, because a tourist arterial highway is located along this cliff, its habitat can be easily disturbed or destroyed. We propose that the only known species location is recognized as critical habitat (i.e., as the habitat required to ensure the persistence of a species) and the species listed as Critically Endangered based on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List Categories and Criteria B2a. Public Library of Science 2016-10-26 /pmc/articles/PMC5081197/ /pubmed/27783628 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0163581 Text en © 2016 Deng et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Deng, Tao Zhang, Xiao-Shuang Kim, Changkyun Zhang, Jian-Wen Zhang, Dai-Gui Volis, Sergei Mazus sunhangii (Mazaceae), a New Species Discovered in Central China Appears to Be Highly Endangered |
title | Mazus sunhangii (Mazaceae), a New Species Discovered in Central China Appears to Be Highly Endangered |
title_full | Mazus sunhangii (Mazaceae), a New Species Discovered in Central China Appears to Be Highly Endangered |
title_fullStr | Mazus sunhangii (Mazaceae), a New Species Discovered in Central China Appears to Be Highly Endangered |
title_full_unstemmed | Mazus sunhangii (Mazaceae), a New Species Discovered in Central China Appears to Be Highly Endangered |
title_short | Mazus sunhangii (Mazaceae), a New Species Discovered in Central China Appears to Be Highly Endangered |
title_sort | mazus sunhangii (mazaceae), a new species discovered in central china appears to be highly endangered |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5081197/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27783628 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0163581 |
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