Breyniahiemalis (Phyllanthaceae, Phyllantheae), a new species from Yunnan, south-west China

Breyniahiemalis Huan C. Wang & Feng Yang (Phyllanthaceae), of sect. Cryptogynium (Müll.Arg.) Welzen & Pruesapan in subg. Breynia, is described from Yunnan, south-west China. It is known from only a single locality in the valley of the Yuanjiang River, and usually occurs in the understory of...

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Autores principales: Yang, Feng, Chen, Chao, Ye, Jing-Yi, Wu, Jian-Yong, Wang, Huan-Chong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2022
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9848962/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36761271
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.206.85241
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Sumario:Breyniahiemalis Huan C. Wang & Feng Yang (Phyllanthaceae), of sect. Cryptogynium (Müll.Arg.) Welzen & Pruesapan in subg. Breynia, is described from Yunnan, south-west China. It is known from only a single locality in the valley of the Yuanjiang River, and usually occurs in the understory of the savanna vegetation. It is characterized by its broadly elliptic to orbicular leaf blades, shallowly plate-like calyces of the staminate flowers, ovaries with clearly erose rim and urceolate capsules. Morphological comparisons with similar species are also presented.

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