Prunus sunhangii: A new species of Prunus from central China

Xiaoshuang Zhang; Zhilin Jiang; Ziyoviddin Yusupov; Menghua Zhang; Daigui Zhang; Komiljon Tojibaev; Ying Meng; Tao Deng

Plant Diversity (Feb 2019)

Prunus sunhangii: A new species of Prunus from central China

Xiaoshuang Zhang,
Zhilin Jiang,
Ziyoviddin Yusupov,
Menghua Zhang,
Daigui Zhang,
Komiljon Tojibaev,
Ying Meng,
Tao Deng

Affiliations

Xiaoshuang Zhang: Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Utilization, Jishou University, Jishou 416000, Hunan, China
Zhilin Jiang: Puer University, Puer 665000, Yunnan, China; Institute of Comparative Study of Traditional Materia Medica, Institutes of Integrative Medicine, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China
Ziyoviddin Yusupov: Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China; Central Herbarium of Uzbekistan, Institute of Botany, Academy Sciences of Uzbekistan, Tashkent 100125, Uzbekistan
Menghua Zhang: Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Utilization, Jishou University, Jishou 416000, Hunan, China
Daigui Zhang: Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Utilization, Jishou University, Jishou 416000, Hunan, China
Komiljon Tojibaev: Central Herbarium of Uzbekistan, Institute of Botany, Academy Sciences of Uzbekistan, Tashkent 100125, Uzbekistan
Ying Meng: Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Utilization, Jishou University, Jishou 416000, Hunan, China; Corresponding author.
Tao Deng: Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Utilization, Jishou University, Jishou 416000, Hunan, China; Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China; Corresponding author. Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Utilization, Jishou University, Jishou 416000, Hunan, China.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 41, no. 1
pp. 19 – 25

Abstract

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A new species of Rosaceae from Central China, Prunus sunhangii D. G. Zhang & T. Deng, sp. nov., is described and illustrated. The new species is placed in Prunus subgenus Cerasus by flower and fruit characteristics. It is most similar to Prunus cerasoides, but differs by having longitudinally 2-lobed apical petals, an acuminate leaf apex, 17–25 stamens, white petals, dark black drupes, brown hypanthium, and different phenology. The phylogenetic placement of this species was assessed based on morphological and molecular data. Molecular analysis (cpDNA + ITS) corroborated its placement in subgenus Cerasus, specifically Prunus section Serrula. Keywords: Phylogenetic analyses, Taxonomy, Cerasus, Section Serrula

Published in Plant Diversity

ISSN: 2468-2659 (Online)
Publisher: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
Country of publisher: China
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General); Science: Botany
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