Plant Diversity (Feb 2016)

Six new species of Elatostema (Urticaceae) from Yunnan

  • Wentsai Wang,
  • Zengyuan Wu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pld.2015.05.001
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 38, no. 1
pp. 17 – 22

Abstract

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Six new species of the genus Elatostema (Urticaceae), E. dentatocaudatum, E. baoshanense, E. cuipingfengense, E. viridicostatum, E. flexuosicaule and E. globosostigmatum, from Yunnan Province, China are described and illustrated. The diagnostic differences between the six new species and their respective allies are given.

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