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<emphasis id="AB8DFF867644BDE107EB9FE223C76B4D" italics="true">Agapetes hongheensis</emphasis>
Y. H. Tong &amp; C. Y. Zou
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&amp;
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ZCY 5280
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(
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<taxonomicName id="1A45ED8FDBDB3B309ED75FEB059417B1" authorityName="Y. H. Tong &amp; C. Y. Zou" authorityYear="2025" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ericaceae" genus="Agapetes" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="hongheensis">
<emphasis id="0234104D40D1FCDB725008DA59B0DDF2" italics="true">Agapetes hongheensis</emphasis>
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is similar to
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<emphasis id="57DD8E9622E5DC10E8B0C2912EC5CAFD" italics="true">A. mannii</emphasis>
Hemsl.
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(Fig.
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) and
<taxonomicName id="256EAC0896D396A54C7208E8BAEA8D81" authority="Diels" authorityName="Diels" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ericaceae" genus="Agapetes" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="hosseana">
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Diels
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, but differs from the former by its linear or narrowly oblong and bullate leaf blade with a strongly recurved margin (Fig.
<figureCitation id="9E7113C86F69776DA0A198F7525C8259" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Agapetes hongheensis A habit B flowering branch C fruiting branches with young fruits D flowers of different development periods E longitudinal section of flower F androecium and lateral view of stamens G fruits of different development periods H transverse section of young fruit I longitudinal section of young fruit J adaxial view of fresh and dry leaves K abaxial view of fresh and dry leaves. Photographed by Chun-Yu Zou based on the holotype. Scale bars: 5 cm (B, C); 2 cm (J, K); 1 cm (D, E, F, G, I); 5 mm (H)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.251.137015.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1223924">1 B, C</figureCitation>
) and obvious reticulate veinlets adaxially (Fig.
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), and larger flowers with yellow green and glabrous internal surface of the corollas, and can be distinguished from the latter by having glabrous twigs, linear or narrowly oblong leaf blades, yellow green corollas and exerted style.
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habit
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flowering branch
<emphasis id="3EE5B5DF782C194E912F63BD942FE0F5" bold="true">C</emphasis>
fruiting branches with young fruits
<emphasis id="2AE76A39F89C3006D28241464B04138A" bold="true">D</emphasis>
flowers of different development periods
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longitudinal section of flower
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androecium and lateral view of stamens
<emphasis id="9CFD51AD7D0A1262B176F2EF1705B146" bold="true">G</emphasis>
fruits of different development periods
<emphasis id="F08F912A2BA8B8D65CD39B658FAC9DB7" bold="true">H</emphasis>
transverse section of young fruit
<emphasis id="2DA11E49AA116372023C196FB33DE683" bold="true">I</emphasis>
longitudinal section of young fruit
<emphasis id="D529F81F5CE19A327FD341B5A41FBAF8" bold="true">J</emphasis>
adaxial view of fresh and dry leaves
<emphasis id="0003AC2F53BF80EAF487051F727D00B7" bold="true">K</emphasis>
abaxial view of fresh and dry leaves. Photographed by Chun-Yu Zou based on the holotype. Scale bars: 5 cm (
<emphasis id="DBAB81C4D1D92123F4BEBBC4F4D4937B" bold="true">B, C</emphasis>
); 2 cm (
<emphasis id="A4CD3560D05409D8FC32D588B1157EEE" bold="true">J, K</emphasis>
); 1 cm (
<emphasis id="BB4ABD3FB3619C7C2415B60ACDDE92F0" bold="true">D, E, F, G, I</emphasis>
); 5 mm (
<emphasis id="61E9474CE7CF2485D28E5779AA40A907" bold="true">H</emphasis>
).
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<paragraph id="9DE8D197C0232C8ED723B264C38841B8">
<label id="5D463C2A5DAC57EDEFD5E45EF82F03D6">Figure 2.</label>
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<emphasis id="54F15710302957AF6D39499E948DBC95" italics="true">Agapetes mannii</emphasis>
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flowering branches
<emphasis id="BBDF645621F52B8BA927594E245C9260" bold="true">C</emphasis>
flowers of different development periods (left) and longitudinal section of flower (right)
<emphasis id="DA69CDC0999859B2C113AAE8EBB8F088" bold="true">D</emphasis>
flower with corolla and stamens removed (left) and androecium (right)
<emphasis id="EEB630BB717D82A705A873359D6EA30B" bold="true">E</emphasis>
adaxial and lateral view of stamens
<emphasis id="89C615215273DEF16259F1972A26E896" bold="true">F</emphasis>
adaxial view of fresh and dry leaves
<emphasis id="67B068C01356C13B4A0D14947B1046B7" bold="true">G</emphasis>
abaxial view of fresh and dry leaves. Photographed by Chun-Yu Zou based on
<emphasis id="1B8F47037403E6457EF661B85BAA87AD" italics="true">Chun-Yu Zou and Jin-Quan Huang ZCY 5446</emphasis>
(IBK). Scale bars: 2.5 cm (
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); 1.5 cm (
<emphasis id="C08B39E5D0881DD63EA9471F6B444683" bold="true">D, E, F, G</emphasis>
); 1 cm (
<emphasis id="DB2BD1689043E545C3628FF9EDB4CF19" bold="true">C</emphasis>
).
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<heading id="C0B1F80E26BB3FE9F23AAE699A2198DF" reason="title">Description.</heading>
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Shrubs epiphytic, ca.
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in diameter. Stems erect. Twigs slightly angled, glabrous. Leaves spirally alternate, often crowded at the apex of branchlets; petiole ca.
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long, glabrous; pedicles dark red,
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long, expanded upwards, glabrous or sparsely pubescent. Calyx tube pastel red, ca.
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long, sparsely pubescent; limb divided nearly 1 / 3; lobes triangular, ca. 2 ×
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, apex acute. Corolla yellowish green, tubular; tube
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long, glabrous on both sides; lobes recurved, triangular, ca.
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long. Stamens 10,
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long; filaments flat,
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long, densely pubescent; anthers ca.
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long; thecae ca.
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long; tubules ca.
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long, with 2 erect spurs, spurs ca.
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long. Style glabrous,
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long, exerted from corolla; stigma punctate. Berries globose, almost glabrous, bright red to purple when ripe,
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EKJAC" type="phenology">
<paragraph id="CC89B5E5B78DBB4377B440E739811C1A">
<heading id="557D1583EF6493F6597CAF3704072A75" reason="title">Phenology.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3E01D7FB966568A9E69F78736B69683E">
<taxonomicName id="9996D205165F95E84FF3126F1608A7A0" authorityName="Y. H. Tong &amp; C. Y. Zou" authorityYear="2025" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ericaceae" genus="Agapetes" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="hongheensis">
<emphasis id="CE5B2E6E12F2A9E6A2D700A6E50DA483" italics="true">Agapetes hongheensis</emphasis>
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is known to flower in September-October and fruit in January the next year.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0E2JAC" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="CCF2BABF5F656F6E02575F65251D7C36">
<heading id="659664EB9CE3B91275FC920907F4F76F" reason="title">Etymology.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="DEA56F4E169454D2B34FF653AFA38799">The species epithet denotes where it was found, viz. Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EAKAC" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="423485837E3743A904CD14CF272BB270">
<heading id="E4BC08FC94605571D4F68B5771B398F3" reason="title">Distribution and habitat.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E16796A6E183AFD3BB010E3A175F6850">
This new species is known only from the type locality, i. e. Yuanyang County,
<collectingRegion id="784F37EE5402302EA26E13BDB10BDE3D" country="China" name="Yunnan">Yunnan Province</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="1016B6743A79870DBC5716363E676B4C" name="China">China</collectingCountry>
. It grows on the trunks of trees like
<taxonomicName id="B78063DA8E66E38BC8D363A34AAB8F8D" authority="C. Y. Wu" authorityName="C. Y. Wu" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Lauraceae" genus="Phoebe" kingdom="Plantae" order="Laurales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="macrocarpa">
<emphasis id="2B52488E12650510193990A585981A44" italics="true">Phoebe macrocarpa</emphasis>
C. Y. Wu
</taxonomicName>
in evergreen broad-leaf forests at an elevation of
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.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0ERKAC" type="Similar species and notes">
<paragraph id="30F2B45E7F4799FF1594B49E915C05E7">
<heading id="511640CF6E10B018B8647F5043945480" reason="title">Similar species and notes.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3D87DDC7D7BDA508B511003738E4E997">
<taxonomicName id="812AEB520AF651FD4FCF0E99149469DC" authorityName="Y. H. Tong &amp; C. Y. Zou" authorityYear="2025" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ericaceae" genus="Agapetes" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="hongheensis">
<emphasis id="91B5C516BA4B58A772B560E78C1E5441" italics="true">Agapetes hongheensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is assigned to
<taxonomicName id="8E10430CCB233F3D4B09B297BC51E2CA" authority="Airy Shaw (1935: 25)" authorityName="Airy Shaw" authorityPageNumber="25" authorityYear="1935" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ericaceae" genus="Agapetes" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="series" series="Longifiles">
<emphasis id="9C0BD526F05EC46D3C81D366015D70DE" italics="true">Agapetes ser. Longifiles</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="AB7F1E3E4181B4FD879FB01885884233" DOI="10.2307/4120576" author="Airy Shaw HK" firstAuthor="Airy Shaw" page="25" refId="B1" refString="Airy Shaw HK (1935) Studies in the Ericales: I. New and less-known species of Agapetes. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information. Royal Gardens, Kew, 2453. https://doi.org/10.2307/4120576" year="1935">Airy Shaw (1935: 25)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, which is characterized by fasciculate inflorescence or solitary flower, and elongated filaments longer than anthers and spurred anther (
<bibRefCitation id="CC55922C353CD391F4052C3B06D77376" DOI="10.2307/4120576" author="Airy Shaw" firstAuthor="Airy Shaw" refId="B1" refString="Airy Shaw HK (1935) Studies in the Ericales: I. New and less-known species of Agapetes. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information. Royal Gardens, Kew, 2453. https://doi.org/10.2307/4120576" year="1935">Airy Shaw 1935</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="33845662016C691929296A9898E6FE1D" DOI="10.2307/4118130" author="Airy Shaw" firstAuthor="Airy Shaw" issue="3" journalOrPublisher="Kew Bulletin" pagination="469-513" refId="B5" refString="Airy Shaw HK (1959) Studies in the Ericales: XI. Further new species and notes on the Agapetes of continental Asia. Kew Bulletin 13 (3): 469513. https://doi.org/10.2307/4118130" title="Studies in the Ericales: XI. Further new species and notes on the Agapetes of continental Asia." volume="13" year="1959">1959</bibRefCitation>
). In the ser.
<emphasis id="034C936C201D686D5F57FD370DC026F2" italics="true">Longifiles</emphasis>
, except our new species, only two other species, viz.,
<taxonomicName id="4A4422E0E1701BE5171233211DEEC03E" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ericaceae" genus="Agapetes" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="mannii">
<emphasis id="C9E88722B4D41D7567F992973749B008" italics="true">A. mannii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="99D13C3A157B6EEAF7FC20E4DF7C3F3A" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ericaceae" genus="Agapetes" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="hosseana">
<emphasis id="D0BAC30046CCF1A0AFDAEBC67F9C3C2D" italics="true">A. hosseana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, have leaf blade with a round apex and tubular corolla with a glabrous external surface. These two species can be easily distinguished from our new species due to their very distinct morphology of the leaf blade and twigs, and corolla color and length. A more detailed comparison among these morphologically similar species is presented in Table
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.
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<paragraph id="3832FE62F089A8747B9C478B32423FF3">
<label id="532929B3B2DB0D57462CE145068CDFAE">Table 1.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F5104356944462068E543B3716305735">
A morphological comparison among
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<emphasis id="32437DD74B5C3B70321C15D4FBB3BB6B" italics="true">Agapetes hongheensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="DF84BAE55F0EBBCFF01B191890ED749C" italics="true">A. mannii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="81934DB370CDAC80FA7824289D0D4E8F" italics="true">A. hosseana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Data of
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<emphasis id="DE3FDD2B0FB9B78DD9F77D8779C9ADE1" italics="true">A. mannii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="76E0974AB2ADDA5FE6C1A9803D29556A" italics="true">A. hosseana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are from
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and
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.
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<table id="TID0EB5AE" rules="all">
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<th id="FE97F04FFE81C045F38DDB0927CBD596" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Character</th>
<emphasis id="F19C7F533F7AF2D936143760D20E54BD" italics="true">
<th id="960FA27BB9EEAC0D74590CBF2EB6F1CD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="9100045415F16372414091B55D38E128" authorityName="Y. H. Tong &amp; C. Y. Zou" authorityYear="2025" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ericaceae" genus="Agapetes" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="hongheensis">A. hongheensis</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="55F03F7B96CD2BC4A2DB1A9C9E3CDF9C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="D9DB5173C9DA9F5CE98EA9F8C15E943D" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ericaceae" genus="Agapetes" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="mannii">A. mannii</taxonomicName>
</th>
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<th id="20731EB1170C63D7F82068D4E9445C48" colspan="1" rowspan="1">A. hosseana</th>
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<td id="9232EB0AC66B2619E6BA5DEE53D0DDD1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Twigs</td>
<td id="71095D3E11735102871BE1A589475706" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Slightly angled, glabrous</td>
<td id="0E20430775E10E359663C034B707EF1B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Terete, densely puberulous</td>
<td id="65387B91F448DA88B0E5EA65A605595E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Terete, setose</td>
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</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
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<td id="75D5F5510C23A9F1F3298985E8EF0CEE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Leaf blade</td>
<td id="632C88783EA46004065BEA61FF0B60D3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Linear or narrowly oblong, 3.05.5 × 0.51.0 cm</td>
<td id="B3E413997473BB66A252C9F9B23EE109" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Obovate, elliptic or spathulate, 1.12.5 × 0.51.1 cm</td>
<td id="B547FC817DE3EE73C80C5B132A1CCF95" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Oblanceolate, obovate, oblanceolate-oblong to elliptic, 1.73.5 × 0.62 cm</td>
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<tr id="C37AE470ACBBDAADF6A9CF56AEEC8D59">
<td id="134797A4D19592EA3180B17C7046A305" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Veinlets on adaxial surface</td>
<td id="346ED5AFFDFD285C24A2B9C2D49CD2EC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Conspicuous</td>
<td id="BF72B2F0C2E3947BAF0BC0F282155083" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Inconspicuous</td>
<td id="CA1C5B5C470F9525EE93CDD2F728B523" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Inconspicuous</td>
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<td id="0BE727E9780A170B2FCA05E801AD378D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Pedicle length</td>
<td id="FD6BAAF7DAA5D3FCDC58F7505B27369F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Ca. 1 cm</td>
<td id="A611B776D5B878413936317F855403FA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.40.8 cm</td>
<td id="78EC6B015BE92A673CECBB364987BBE6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11.8 cm</td>
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<td id="39FA29FB80B717285E7F8BCA62021187" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Calyx limb</td>
<td id="4B09692D7CF407210F2D73D9D3048220" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Divided nearly 1 / 3, lobes triangular</td>
<td id="9B17DC4BC0FF83FF509A7B2F7CB07391" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Divided nearly 1 / 2, lobes subtriangular</td>
<td id="C43B7207A3BB3069599208828E13A844" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Divided 1 / 3 to 1 / 2, lobes short triangular</td>
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<td id="43D560DD555CF507BE3E8227E23C32CC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Corolla color</td>
<td id="E3F6474391D711C33A4CFAF5FE51B9E5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Yellow green</td>
<td id="1634AB53EA30A7880945240F676DD4EE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">White or greenish white, rarely reddish</td>
<td id="C5EF7F0D7E1E20F722B5D49B52502C0D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Bright red, orange-red, rarely light green</td>
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<td id="72CF0BE3324F5AF6D9A7AE7C0BCA18D3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Corolla indumentum</td>
<td id="E444C5A0DB79792D9CBB5928DBCB81DB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Glabrous on both sides</td>
<td id="F08226791C7B298AF01F6EB916C1A31F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Glabrous outside, pubescent inside</td>
<td id="76659E775573659FA8353619C9E272FF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Glabrous on both sides</td>
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<td id="BB23B5368FA09BF9EEF4DD9B5224060E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Corolla length</td>
<td id="694A2847862CDBB8EB215D4A3990549A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.92.3 cm</td>
<td id="1FF5AA99DA05357273A3058EDD64C170" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Ca. 1.6 cm</td>
<td id="4B44485A261C05F397B85AE358EACAF0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.52.3 cm</td>
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<tr id="9723BED6196B077A3FA3EB8E4A6C1E7B">
<td id="6C6F50F7E75DB8546A5514FB194B9FAD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Stamen length</td>
<td id="2F4D9F64D1A6041E4595989E2CE2F5BB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.81.9 cm</td>
<td id="C528F368D12828345E56DE0D62B86A29" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Ca. 1.5 cm</td>
<td id="8C169AEBA8E900C90234D6203D57E617" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.31.7 cm</td>
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<td id="9A7C67537723CE6E23E03F0C5586F57A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Filaments</td>
<td id="0E67A876E73213B2EFE063CC5C0373FE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Densely pubescent</td>
<td id="5CA0086E13A6E8A366F6E6C5CCDD837B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Densely pubescent</td>
<td id="0FD65FDD6708ED3F0D77CA26E776CBF2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Sparsely pubescent</td>
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<td id="3F19F5C5F3850E05D5F4F63B9F882CED" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Style</td>
<td id="5968E757DA7D2886FBA55D89466520C9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Exerted</td>
<td id="5D4686625659AD954912A4EC2FD97417" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Exerted</td>
<td id="FF1CB27C90CA8D376D4DE4ABC7C883B4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Included</td>
</tr>
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F834355795E7AA8513448EF34AF82AE1">
We also tried to perform a microscopic comparison of leaf epidermis and pollen exine sculpture morphology of
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<emphasis id="DC1C9BF620FBB1EA2DAED6E6634CE2AF" italics="true">A. hongheensis</emphasis>
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(Fig.
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) and
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<emphasis id="9E87FEF14CAB750570C20BF803E312D6" italics="true">A. mannii</emphasis>
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(Fig.
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). The midveins of both
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<emphasis id="87D3D1A07C1D71BC8EED7752B2717013" italics="true">Agapetes hongheensis</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="CF61044C366C61AB21947D989713E4B6" italics="true">A. mannii</emphasis>
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are prominently elevated adaxially and abaxially. The veinlets of
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<emphasis id="8BEDC108FF757A8887EE1FE4AF6654C0" italics="true">A. hongheensis</emphasis>
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are distinctly raised adaxially and form a reticulate pattern (Figs
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,
<figureCitation id="571904E54BAD42F17AE2F91D9EE95146" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. A, B the apocolpium ornamentation and the mesocolpium ornamentation of the pollen grains of Agapetes hongheensis, from holotype C, D the adaxial and abaxial leaf epidermis of A. hongheensis under stereoscope with a magnification of 20 X E, F the apocolpium ornamentation and the mesocolpium ornamentation of the pollen grains of A. mannii, from Chun-Yu Zou and Jin-Quan Huang ZCY 5446 (IBK) G, H the adaxial and abaxial leaf epidermis of A. mannii under stereoscope with a magnification of 20 X." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.251.137015.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1223926">3 C</figureCitation>
), while the veinlets of
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<emphasis id="254098C27C051E0E33B439FAACCCAC50" italics="true">A. mannii</emphasis>
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are not obvious (Figs
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,
<figureCitation id="B9AB3F7F8F8354FFC74AE8E9FE4329CB" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. A, B the apocolpium ornamentation and the mesocolpium ornamentation of the pollen grains of Agapetes hongheensis, from holotype C, D the adaxial and abaxial leaf epidermis of A. hongheensis under stereoscope with a magnification of 20 X E, F the apocolpium ornamentation and the mesocolpium ornamentation of the pollen grains of A. mannii, from Chun-Yu Zou and Jin-Quan Huang ZCY 5446 (IBK) G, H the adaxial and abaxial leaf epidermis of A. mannii under stereoscope with a magnification of 20 X." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.251.137015.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1223926">3 G</figureCitation>
). The pollen grains of
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<emphasis id="8AB624CEF92C6894CB14DE21B4C9A613" italics="true">Agapetes hongheensis</emphasis>
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are sub-spheroidal tetrahedral tetrads with a diameter of 36.81 ± 1.47 μm, and the ornamentation of both apocolpium and mesocolpium are granulate (Fig.
<figureCitation id="F2E6204220194AE5768F544A625C9556" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. A, B the apocolpium ornamentation and the mesocolpium ornamentation of the pollen grains of Agapetes hongheensis, from holotype C, D the adaxial and abaxial leaf epidermis of A. hongheensis under stereoscope with a magnification of 20 X E, F the apocolpium ornamentation and the mesocolpium ornamentation of the pollen grains of A. mannii, from Chun-Yu Zou and Jin-Quan Huang ZCY 5446 (IBK) G, H the adaxial and abaxial leaf epidermis of A. mannii under stereoscope with a magnification of 20 X." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.251.137015.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1223926">3 A, B</figureCitation>
). By comparison, the tetrads of
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<emphasis id="7F5472D0A4A7C424FA55A0999EB86895" italics="true">A. mannii</emphasis>
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are of a smaller size, averaging 35.53 ± 1.54 μm in diameter, with a similar granulate ornamentation on both apocolpium and mesocolpium (Fig.
<figureCitation id="E8B353CC70355F1CEF4BEC045DE6A43C" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. A, B the apocolpium ornamentation and the mesocolpium ornamentation of the pollen grains of Agapetes hongheensis, from holotype C, D the adaxial and abaxial leaf epidermis of A. hongheensis under stereoscope with a magnification of 20 X E, F the apocolpium ornamentation and the mesocolpium ornamentation of the pollen grains of A. mannii, from Chun-Yu Zou and Jin-Quan Huang ZCY 5446 (IBK) G, H the adaxial and abaxial leaf epidermis of A. mannii under stereoscope with a magnification of 20 X." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.251.137015.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1223926">3 E, F</figureCitation>
). There seems to be little difference between the two species on pollen exine sculpture.
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<label id="76E6A789FAC9E8E7F744EDC76891478C">Figure 3.</label>
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<paragraph id="82492C3687228E9ED86CD4F5E8F4B85F">
<emphasis id="77F6491DE17458AFE02A5C68307DB9B6" bold="true">A, B</emphasis>
the apocolpium ornamentation and the mesocolpium ornamentation of the pollen grains of
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<emphasis id="EDE9539A901457E7EFBD264E45AADBEC" italics="true">Agapetes hongheensis</emphasis>
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, from holotype
<emphasis id="9DFA194CAB8153245326F7F99FB1240A" bold="true">C, D</emphasis>
the adaxial and abaxial leaf epidermis of
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<emphasis id="9551A77A7A3889B526F15F3F52498669" italics="true">A. hongheensis</emphasis>
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under stereoscope with a magnification of 20 X
<emphasis id="9DA862B63DD678BB5031C52027FC7D7E" bold="true">E, F</emphasis>
the apocolpium ornamentation and the mesocolpium ornamentation of the pollen grains of
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<emphasis id="1DF3DACF572DFE579C53E58C54CCE36D" italics="true">A. mannii</emphasis>
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, from
<emphasis id="D53A28DF7972C6329F85F6EDBA8E25CC" italics="true">Chun-Yu Zou and Jin-Quan Huang ZCY 5446</emphasis>
(IBK)
<emphasis id="F1759FB2251629EB99DFEA88B3077E80" bold="true">G, H</emphasis>
the adaxial and abaxial leaf epidermis of
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<emphasis id="8F319E04B627F8C5991B9D2365844095" italics="true">A. mannii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
under stereoscope with a magnification of 20 X.
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