Additions to the Flora of China: three new species of Elatostema (Urticaceae) from Guangxi.
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Journal article
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Date published
November 20, 2013
Abstract
Three new species are described and illustrated and their conservation status assessed: Elatostema laevicaule W.T. Wang, A.K. Monro & Y.G. Wei, E. androstachyum W.T. Wang, A.K. Monro & Y.G. Wei and E. heterocladum W.T. Wang, A.K. Monro & Y.G. Wei. All are rare endemic species from Guangxi Province, China, and are only known only from their type localities. E. laevicaule is most similar to E. filipes and is assessed as Vulnerable (VU), E. androstachyum is most similar to E. parvum and is assessed as Vulnerable (VU); E. heterocladum is most similar to both E. androstachyum and E. luxiense and is assessed as Vulnerable (VU).
Journal title
Phytotaxa
Volume
147
Publisher
Magnolia Press
Place of publication
Auckland, N.Z.
ISSN
1179-3155
eISSN
1179-3163
Date accepted
September 27, 2013
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