<i>Amana hejiaqingii</i> (Liliaceae), a New Species from the Dabie Mountains, China
Meizhen Wang,
Shenglu Zhang,
Jing Wu,
Xinxin Zhu,
Zongcai Liu,
Gengyu Lu,
Pan Li
Affiliations
Meizhen Wang
Laboratory of Systematic & Evolutionary Botany and Biodiversity, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Shenglu Zhang
Laboratory of Systematic & Evolutionary Botany and Biodiversity, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Jing Wu
Laboratory of Systematic & Evolutionary Botany and Biodiversity, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Xinxin Zhu
College of Life Sciences, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang 464000, China
Zongcai Liu
College of Life Science and Agricultural Engineering, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, China
Gengyu Lu
Department of Resources Science of Traditional Chinese Medicines, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China
Pan Li
Laboratory of Systematic & Evolutionary Botany and Biodiversity, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
In this paper, a new species from Central China, Amana hejiaqingii (Liliaceae), is described and illustrated. It resembles A. anhuiensis and A. tianmuensis but differs from A. anhuiensis as it has one white vein on its lower leaf and yellow anthers. It also differs from A. tianmuensis by possessing solitary pink flowers with longer and wider tepals. The principal coordinates analysis separated the three species based on morphological data. Cytological observation showed that A. hejiaqingii is diploid (2n = 2x = 24). Molecular phylogenetic analyses further supported its species delimitation.
