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Sultan, M. Nobis & Amjad Khan + +, +sp. nov. + + + + +Type. + + + +Pakistan +• +Khyber Pakhtunkhwa +, +Upper Kurram Valley +, +Parachinar +, +Zerhan +, +Malakyar Tangai +above +Mulla Bagh +, grassland on calcareous rocks, + +33 ° 56 ' 47.4 " N +, +70 ° 10 ' 03.4 " E + +, + +2220 m + +, + +6 May 2024 + +, +Amir Sultan, Amjad Khan & Murtaza Hussain +s. n. ( + +holotype + +RAW +[barcode 103365], + +isotype + +KRA 00639009 +) + +. + + + + +Description. + + +Plant perennial, densely tufted with numerous culms and vegetative shoots (Fig. +1 +). +Culms +40–80 cm +tall, with 2 nodes, nodes pilose or pubescent. +Leaves of vegetative shoots +: sheaths glabrous to sparsely and shortly pilose with white edge, scabrid at margins; ligules membranous, +2–3.5 mm +long, acute to acuminate, apex shortly ciliate, and pubescent on the back; blades convolute, pale green, +20–55 cm +long, 0.6–0.8 (– 1.0) mm in diameter, adaxial surface covered by dense and up to +0.15 mm +long hairs (Fig. +3 f +), while abaxial surface glabrous to minutely scabrous along the midrib. +Cauline leaves +: lower sheaths scabrous whereas the uppermost glabrous to minutely scabrous, the margins white and sparsely pubescent; ligules +3.5–8.5 mm +long, acute or acuminate, at apex and the back shortly ciliate (Fig. +2 d +); blades convolute, pale green, up to +25 cm +long, adaxial surface densely covered by short hairs, while abaxial surface glabrous to minutely scabrid along the midrib and margins. +Panicle +10–15 cm +long, contracted, with (15 –) 29–41 spikelets, exserted (sometimes lower branches enclosed by sheath of upper cauline leaf), branches erect (basal branches often spreading), hirsute with up to +0.5 mm +long hairs, lower ones in threes (apical branches single, paired or sometimes up to 4 branches per node), the lower ones up to +18 mm +long (Fig. +2 c +). +Glumes +subequal, pale green with hyaline membranous margins and at the top taper into a long hyaline tip, lower glume +14–15 mm +long, three nerved, somewhat shorter than the upper glume, which is 5–7 nerved, lanceolate, +15–16 mm +long, abaxially sparsely covered by scattered short prickles (Fig. +2 a +). +Floret +(anthecium = callus + lemma) +9–10.5 mm +long (including apical lobes of lemma), ca. +1 mm +wide (Fig. +2 b +). +Callus +0.9–1.2 mm +long, densely and long-pilose, hairs +0.5–1 mm +long; peripheral ring +0.1–0.25 mm +in diameter elliptic, scar circular (Fig. +3 c +). +Lemma +pale green to purple, dorsal surface with elongated basal (long) cells, rounded silica bodies with adjacent cork cells and sparse and scattered hooks, prickles and ascending hairs +0.75–1 mm +long (Fig. +3 a, b +); apical lobes of lemma 0.6–1.0 mm long and covered by short hairs, the top of the lemma with +0.15–0.2 mm +long hairs forming corolla (Figs +2 b +, +3 e +). +Awn +50–70 mm +long, unigeniculate; column +18–21 mm +long, twisted, straw-coloured, covered by +0.2 mm +long hairs, gradually decreasing in length towards geniculation; seta straight +30–50 mm +long, hairs in lower part of seta +0.1–0.2 mm +long, gradually decreasing in length towards apex. +Palea +equal to lemma in length, with a dorsal line of hairs and a ring of short hairs at the apex (Fig. +3 d +). +Anthers +yellow, glabrous, +6 mm +long, filaments ca. +1 mm +long (Fig. +2 e +). +Lodicules +3, linear-lanceolate, +2–2.4 mm +long, +0.3 mm +wide. +Ovary +with 2 styles (Fig. +2 e +). +Caryopsis +not seen. + + + + + + +Habitat and general habit of + +Neotrinia kurramica + +in northwestern Pakistan. + + + + + + + +Main morphological characters of + +Neotrinia kurramica + +: glumes ( +a +), florets ( +b +), panicle ( +c +), ligule of culm leaf ( +d +), generative elements of flower, three anthers and two styles of ovary ( +e +). Scale bars: 3 mm ( +a, b, d +); 2 cm ( +c +). + + + + + + + +Micromorphological characters of + +Neotrinia kurramica + +: abaxial surface of lemma ( +a, b +), callus ( +c +), palea apex ( +d +), lemma lobes ( +e +), indumentum of the adaxial surface of leaf ( +f +). + + + + + +Distribution and ecology. + + + +Neotrinia kurramica + +is so far only known from the +type +locality in Upper Kurram, +Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province +(Fig. +1 +), occurring at an elevation of about +2220 m +. The population of + +N. kurramica + +was found growing along stony / gravelly slopes leading to the edges of a mountain stream. While these slopes are dominated by grasses, oak ( + +Quercus baloot +Griff. + +) forests dominate the hilltops above these slopes. + +Neotrinia kurramica + +grows in association with + +Isodon rugosus +(Wall. ex Benth.) Codd + +, + +Duthiea oligostachya +(Munro ex Aitch.) Stapf + +, + +Sophora mollis +(Royle) Graham ex Baker + +, + +Piptatherum +sp. + +and + +Cirsium falconeri +(Hook. f.) Petr. It + +is expected to have a distribution in similar habitats of Upper Kurram valley. Further explorations in the area are needed, to determine its population size, distribution range and to evaluate conservation status of this new species. + + + + + +Paratype +. + + + + +Pakistan +• +Khyber Pakhtunkhwa +, +Upper Kurram +, +Parachinar +, +Zerhan +, +Malakyar Tangay +above +Mulla Bagh +, + +22 May 2021 + +, +Amir Sultan, Asif Mehmood, Waqar Hassanain & Noor Ali Shah +s. n. ( +RAW +[barcode 101893]) + +. + + + + +Etymology. + +The name of the new species originates from Kurram Valley. + + + +Similar species. + + + +Neotrinia kurramica + +differs significantly from all the remaining species representing the genus by having awns +50–70 mm +long vs. 5–12 or +16–21 mm +long in + +N. splendens + +and + +N. chitralensis + +respectively (Table +1 +). The new species is slightly similar also to + +Achnatherum jacquemontii + +, however differs in having longer lemmas, longer glumes, longer awns, and completely different patterns of the lemma morphology sow-like vs. maize-like respectively (cf. +Nobis et al. 2020 +). + + + + + + +A comparison of the main characters distinguishing + +Neotrinia kurramica + +from other members representing the genus occurring in Pakistan. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Character +N. kurramica + +N. chitralensis +N. splendens
Floret (anthecium)9–10.5 mm9–11 mm4.0–7.2 mm
Apical lemma teeth0.6–1.0 mm, pilose2–2.5 mm, glabrous0.5–1.2 mm, pilose
Callus0.9–1.2 mm0.5–0.6 mm0.3–0.5 mm
Awn50–70 mm16–21 mm5–12 mm
Glumes14–16 mm long, subequal, the lower slightly shorter than the upper, at the top tapering into long hyaline tips9.5–12 mm long, subequal, the lower slightly shorter than the upper, at the top without long hyaline tips5–8.5 mm long, lanceolate, distinctly unequal, the lower 1–1.7 mm shorter than the upper, at the top without long hyaline tips
+ + + + \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/data/3E/09/B6/3E09B646FFEBFFB0FF50FF376F840401.xml b/data/3E/09/B6/3E09B646FFEBFFB0FF50FF376F840401.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..7464b21e157 --- /dev/null +++ b/data/3E/09/B6/3E09B646FFEBFFB0FF50FF376F840401.xml @@ -0,0 +1,386 @@ + + + +A new species in the subgenus Wilhelmia (Diptera: Simuliidae: Simulium) from Sichuan, China + + + +Author + +An, Yuxin +College of Plant Protection, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071000, China + + + +Author + +Wang, Yuyu +College of Plant Protection, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071000, China + +text + + +Zootaxa + + +2025 + +2025-02-20 + + +5590 + + +1 + + +146 +150 + + + + +https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5590.1.10 + +journal article +10.11646/zootaxa.5590.1.10 +1175-5326 +14952706 +7F5574CD-C8BA-412D-B6FD-5E526AEB25AA + + + + + + +Key to species (female) of the subgenus + +Wilhelmia + +from +China + + + + + + + + +1. Strings of scutum narrower................................................................. +S. + +( +W +.) +lineatum + + + + +- Strings of scutum normal............................................................................... 2 + + + + +2. Scutum with grayish white hairs......................................................................... 3 + + +- Scutum with golden or yellow-white hairs.................................................................. 6 + + + + + +3. Swollen part of genital fork arms with obvious angular inner projections.......................... + +S. +( +W. +) +angustifurca + + + + +- Swollen part of genital fork arms without angular inner projections.............................................. 4 + + + + + +4. Basitarsus of foreleg about 9 times as long as the width............................................ +S. +( +W +.) +equinun + + + +- Basitarsus of foreleg about 7 times as long as the width....................................................... 5 + + + + + +5. Fore tabia, mid tabia and hind tabia brown and the middle parts yellow; basal 3/4 of hind basitarsus yellow.................................................................................................... + +S. +( +W. +) +zhangyense + + + + + +- Basal 1/4~1/3 of fore tabia and mid tabia yellow; basal 3/5 of hind tibia yellow and the middle part of hind basitarsus yellow............................................................................................ + +S. +( +W. +) +lama + + + + + + +6. Genital fork arms with inner projection.................................................................... 7 + + +- Genital fork arms without inner projection................................................................ 10 + + + + +7. Basal 2/3 of basitarsus of hindleg yellow................................................................... 8 + + +- A great amount of basitarsus of hindleg yellow.............................................................. 9 + + + + + +8. Genital fork arms with angular inner projection............................................. + +S. +( +W. +) +qingxilingense + + + + + +- Genital fork arms with papillary inner projection............................................... + +S. +( +W. +) +wushiense + + + + + + + +9. Mid tabia and hind tibia brown and the middle part yellow........................................ + +S. +( +W. +) +germuense + + + + + +- Fore tabia, mid tabia and hind tabia brown except basal part yellow............................... + +S. +( +W. +) +qinghaiense + + + + + + + +10. The length of sensory vesicle 0.25 times that of the third palpomere................................. + +S. +( +W. +) +takahasii + + + + +- The length of sensory vesicle 0.35~0.55 times that of the third palpomere........................................ 11 + + + + +11. Genital fork arms with lateral projection.................................................................. 12 + + +- Genital fork arms without lateral projection............................................................... 14 + + + + + +12. Genital fork arms not swollen........................................ + +S. +( +W. +) +xichangense +An, Tan & Wang + + +sp. nov. + + + + +- Genital fork arms swollen............................................................................. 13 + + + + + +13. Swollen part of genital fork arms subquadrate............................................... + +S. +( +W. +) +pseudequinum + + + + + +- Swollen part of genital fork arms subtriangular.................................................. + +S. +( +W. +) +pinnatum + + + + + + +14. Basal 3/5~2/3 of hind basitarsus yellow................................................................... 14 + + + +- Basitarsus of hind basitarsus brown, and the middle part yellow................................... + +S. +( +W. +) +xingyiense + + + + + + + +15. The upper part of the frons with medium longitudinal groove.................................... + +S. +( +W. +) +veltistshevi + + + + +- The upper part of the frons without medium longitudinal groove............................................... 15 + + + + +16. The length of sensory vesicle 0.4~0.55 times that of the third palpomere......................................... 16 + + +- The length of sensory vesicle 0.3 times that of the third palpomere............................................. 17 + + + + + +17. Genital fork arms without inner projection................................................. + +S. +( +W. +) +eurybrachium + + + + + +- Genital fork arms with developed inner projection............................................. + +S. +( +W. +) +pekingense + + + + + + + +18. Hind tibia with black ring; genital plate triangular......................................... + +S. +( +W. +) +tongbaishanense + + + + + +- Hind tibia without black ring; genital plate elongated......................................... + +S. +( +W. +) +dunhuangense + + + + + + + \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/data/44/FA/E3/44FAE3E338A95567A078FE8FEB4F012C.xml b/data/44/FA/E3/44FAE3E338A95567A078FE8FEB4F012C.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..dd7bd090bbc --- /dev/null +++ b/data/44/FA/E3/44FAE3E338A95567A078FE8FEB4F012C.xml @@ -0,0 +1,421 @@ + + + +On the commercial shrimps of the “ Parapenaeopsis cornuta (Kishinouye, 1900) ” species group (Crustacea, Decapoda, Penaeidae) + + + +Author + +Chan, Tin-Yam +0000-0002-8143-0007 +Institute of Marine Biology and Center of Excellence for the Oceans, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 202301, Taiwan + + + +Author + +Yang, Chien-Hui +0000-0002-4594-3622 +Institute of Marine Biology and Center of Excellence for the Oceans, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 202301, Taiwan + + + +Author + +Kumar, Appukttannair Biju +0000-0001-5477-2119 +Department of Aquatic Biology & Fisheries, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram 695581, Kerala, India + + + +Author + +Hurzaid, Amirah +0000-0002-7649-7899 +Biological Sciences Department, School of Distance Education and School of Biological Sciences, University Sains Malaysia, 11800 Minden, Penang, Malaysia + +text + + +Zoosystematics and Evolution + + +2025 + +2025-03-14 + + +101 + + +2 + + +609 +625 + + + +journal article +10.3897/zse.101.145722 +370E684B-7400-4D34-AD7B-E63425B02860 + + + + + +Parapenaeopsis incisa +Wang & Liu + +in +Liu & Wang, 1987 + + + + +Figs 1 d +, +2 d +, +3 d +, +4 d +, +5 d + + + + + + + +Parapenaeopsis incisa + +Liu and Wang 1986: 214 +(nomen nudum); 1987: 525, fig. 3. ( +type +locality: Wailuo, +Guangdong +, +China +); + +Liu and Zhong 1988: 210 + +, fig. 130. + + + + + + + + + +Kishinouyepenaeopsis incisa + + +– + +De Grave and Fransen 2011: 216 + +. + + + + + + + +Material examined. + + + +Southern + +China +• [ + +MBM +155054 + +]: +Guangdong +, +Zhanjiang +, +Naozhou Island +, + +29 Jul. 1976 + +, +1 ♀ +, cl +14.6 mm + + +• + +[ + +MBM +155041 + +]: +Hainan +, +Yinngehai +, 55 - K 444, + +7 Dec. 1955 + +, +3 ♂♂ +, cl +14.5–14.8 mm +, +3 ♀♀ +, cl +16.3–18.2 mm + +• + +[ + +MBM +155057 + +]: +Hainan +, +Yinngehai +, 57 - K 275, + +26 Jun. 1957 + +, +2 ♂♂ +, cl +12.9–14.4 mm +, +2 ♀♀ +, cl +16.5–17.6 mm + +• + +[ + +MBM +155044 + +]: +Hainan +, +Sanya +, fish market, 90 C- 324, + +25 Nov. 1990 + +, +3 ♂♂ +, cl +13.2–14.9 mm +, +3 ♀♀ +, cl +14.9–17.6 mm + +. + + + + +Diagnosis. + +Rostrum more or less horizontal, straight, and with tip recurved upwards, bearing 6–8 (avg. 7.0, n = 14, excluding epigastric tooth) teeth along dorsal border except near tip, extending to distal antennular segment or just overreaching antennular peduncle. Postrostral carina with posterior 1 / 4 broadened and obscure, sometimes with weak median pit, extending posteriorly to 0.77–0.89 (avg. 0.84, n = 17) of carapace length. Longitudinal suture short, extending posteriorly to about level of epigastric tooth. Pereiopods I and II with basial spines and epipods, pereiopod III without basial spine. Abdominal somites I and II with dorsal carina absent. Telson lacking movable lateral spinules. Males with endopod of pleopod II strongly modified and boot-like; medial part of distal margin protruded and convex, but concealed by tuft of dense long stiff setae arising from anterodistal part of endopod; petasma horn-like with distolateral projections strongly elongated, tip of horn more or less bifurcated and without lateral protuberances on both sides. Female thelycum with anterior plate elongated rectangular and lateral margins more or less concave, 0.99–1.17 (avg. 1.09, n = 9) as long as wide, surface slightly sunken; posterior plate with median part completely flattened, lateral parts semicircular; tuft of setae behind posterior plate long and thick. + + + +Coloration. + + +Not known, but likely similar to + +P. cornuta + +and + +P. amicus + +. The photograph of a fresh specimen from the Strait of +Malacca +, +Malaysia +, probably belongs to + +P. incisa + +( +Fakhruddin et al. 2024 +: fig. 1; see Discussion); it has a color pattern very similar to + +P. cornuta + +and + +P. amicus + +, except with the body having more yellowish and greenish taints. + + + + +Distribution. + + +Known with certainty from around +Hainan +Island in the South +China +Sea, intertidal to about +30 m +deep ( +Liu and Wang 1987 +; +Liu and Zhong 1988 +). Probably also distributed to the Strait of +Malacca +off +Malaysia +and +Bangladesh +( +Fakhruddin et al. 2024 +; see Discussion). + + + + +Remarks. + + + +Parapenaeopsis incisa + +closely resembles + +P. cornuta + +and mainly differs in the shape of the genitalia. In males, the boot-like endopod of pleopod II has the median part of the distal margin protruded in + +P. incisa + +(Fig. +4 d +) but is straight or concave in + +P. cornuta + +(Fig. +4 a +). The tip of the horn-like petasma lacks a lateral protrusion in + +P. incisa + +(Fig. +3 d +) but is distinctly protruded on the outer side in + +P. cornuta + +(Fig. +3 a +). The thelycum of + +P. incisa + +has the anterior plate more or less rectangular and relatively long (0.99–1.17, avg. 1.09 as long as wide), while the median part of the posterior plate is completely flattened without any sign of elevation (Fig. +5 d +). In + +P. cornuta + +, the thelycum has the anterior plate semi-quadrate and relatively short (0.74–0.95, avg. 0.85 as long as wide), and the posterior plate bears a weak median ovate boss (Fig. +5 a +). These unique shapes of the genitalia are also useful in separating + +P. incisa + +from the other two species of the “ + +P. cornuta + +” group (Table +2 +, Figs +3 +– +5 +). Similar to the situation in + +P. amicus + +, other differences previously proposed to separate + +P. incisa + +from the other species of the “ + +P. cornuta + +” group ( +Liu and Wang 1987 +; +Liu and Zhong 1988 +) actually have many overlaps. + + +Although morphologically + +P. incisa + +is most similar to + +P. cornuta + +, the high genetic differences (COI sequence divergence 15.0–17.5 %, Table +1 +) of + +P. incisa + +from the other species of the “ + +P. cornuta + +” group well support its specific status. As + +P. incisa + +can only be satisfactorily distinguished from the other species of the “ + +P. cornuta + +” group mainly by subtle differences in genitalia (Table +2 +), careful examination of the material reported as “ + +P. cornuta + +” from various localities is necessary to determine the exact distribution of + +P. incisa + +. + + + + \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/data/E3/E7/F0/E3E7F0C8DBAB574086AD5DF589D2928D.xml b/data/E3/E7/F0/E3E7F0C8DBAB574086AD5DF589D2928D.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..09f40f21e93 --- /dev/null +++ b/data/E3/E7/F0/E3E7F0C8DBAB574086AD5DF589D2928D.xml @@ -0,0 +1,793 @@ + + + +A new species of Sedum (Crassulaceae) from eastern China based on morphological and molecular evidence + + + +Author + +Dai, Jing-Min +https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1090-4823 +State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China + + + +Author + +Xiong, Yu +https://orcid.org/0009-0003-5804-5586 +Jiangxi Matoushan National Nature Reserve Administration, Fuzhou 335301, China + + + +Author + +Li, Pan +0000-0002-9407-7740 +Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany and Biodiversity, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China + + + +Author + +Xu, Yue-Liang +0000-0002-4137-4397 +Zhejiang Museum of Natural History, Zhejiang, Hangzhou 310014, China + + + +Author + +Fan, Qiang +0000-0003-4254-6936 +State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China + +text + + +PhytoKeys + + +2025 + +2025-03-14 + + +253 + + +271 +285 + + + +journal article +10.3897/phytokeys.253.119922 + + + + + +Sedum orientalichinense +Q. Fan & P. Li + +sp. nov. + + + + + +Type +. + + + + +China +• +Jiangxi Province +, +Fuzhou City +, +Mount Matoushan +, +Baishakeng +, on rocky cliff, + +27.77 ° N +, +117.23 ° E + +, + +424 m +a. s. l. + +, + +29 June 2023 + +, + +Xiong +Y +. 23062901 + +( +holotype +: +SYS 00236991 +) + +. + + + + +Diagnosis. + + +The new species differs from + +S. makinoi + +in its usually 2 - branched cymes. + +S. makinoi + +also has longer, more erect stems with more internodes (8–12 vs. 4–8), resulting in denser foliage, whereas the new species has fewer leaves. Key differences include the shape and width of the leaf blades of + +S. orientalichinense + +and + +S. makinoi + +(obovate to obovate-rhombic vs. obovate to obovate-spatulate; +0.6–2.4 cm +vs. +0.6–0.8 cm +), shorter stems ( +6–18 cm +vs. +11–28 cm +), and a usually smaller inflorescence diameter ( +3–10 cm +vs. +3–15 cm +). The new species also has distinct sepals (spatulate-obelliptic vs. linear-spatulate) and nectar scales (broadly cuneate to sub-quadrangular vs. oblong-spatulate). Additionally, our research indicates that + +S. makinoi + +is endemic to +Japan +, which helps to distinguish the two species geographically. The new species can be distinguished from + +S. baileyi + +by its robust, slender to sub-woody stems (vs. slender stems) and greater height ( +6–18 cm +vs. +3–7 cm +) (Table +1 +). Lastly, + +S. emarginatum + +is easily identified by its emarginate leaf apex, a feature not found in the other three species (Table +1 +). + + + + + + + +Sedum orientalichinense + +A +habit: Flowering stem with inflorescences +B +unripe follicles with sepals +C +seed +D +flower. + + + + + +Description. + + +Perennial herbs, fleshy, glabrous, roots fibrous, stems slender to sub-woody, basally prostrate and rooting at nodes, apically erect, usually branched, rarely single, flowering stems sub-erect, with 4–8 internodes, usually 2 - branched, rarely 3 - branched, +6–18 cm +high. Leaves opposite, glabrous, pseudopetiolate; leaf blade obovate to obovate-rhombic, margin entire, 1.3–2.7 × +0.6–2.4 cm +, base tapered and shortly spurred, apex obtuse. Cymes usually 2 - branched, rarely 3 - branched, many flowered, +3–10 cm +in diam. Bracts resembling stem leaves but obovate and smaller, 0.3–2.1 × +0.1–1.2 cm +. Flowers sessile, equally 5 - merous. Sepals 5, usually equal, rarely subequal, spatulate-obelliptic, 2–4 × +1–1.5 mm +, base shortly spurred, apex obtuse. Petals yellow, base connate for ca. +0.3 mm +, 3–5 × ca. +1 mm +, lanceolate, apex acuminate, hooded. Stamens 10, in 2 whorls, both antesepalous ones and antepetalous ones shorter than petals, the antepetalous stamens fused at base for about +0.5 mm +with the petal base, and the antepetalous ones slightly shorter the than antesepalous ones (1.3–1.4 vs. +0.9–1 cm +). Nectar scales broadly cuneate to sub-quadrangular, ca. +0.5 mm +long. Carpels 5, lanceolate, +4–5 mm +long, connate at base for ca. +1 mm +, apically usually divergent, sometimes closely connivent. Follicles obliquely divergent, stellate, many seeded, placentation marginal. Styles ca. +1 mm +long. Seeds sub-ovoid, mammillate, brown when mature, +0.3–0.5 mm +long. + + + + + + + +Sedum orientalichinense + +A +flower +B +petals and epipetalous stamens +C +episepalous stamens +D +sepals +E +carpels with nectar scale (marked with red arrow) +F +unripe follicles with sepals +G +unripe follicles +H +opened unripe follicles +I +seeds (photographs taken from plants cultivated at Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou Province, with +A – E +in June 2023, +F – H +in July 2023, +I +in July 2024, from the collection +Xiong Y. 23062901 +). + + + + + +Phenology. + +Flowering from June to July, fruiting in July. + + + + + + +Sedum orientalichinense + +A +habitat +B, C +habit showing the sub-erect, 2 - branched stems +D +side view of a cyme +E +cyme with unripe follicles +F +leaves from a single stem of + +S. orientalichinense + +G +sterile stems in the wild +H +vegetative growth of + +S. orientalichinense + +under artificial light in cultivation ( +A, B, D, E, G +were photographed by Yu Xiong in Matoushan, Jiangxi Province in June 2023; +C, F, H +were photographed by Jing-Min Dai cultivated at Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou Province, with +F, H +in December 2023, and +C +in July 2024). + + + + + +Etymology. + +The specific epithet refers to the distribution area of the species. + + + +Vernacular name. + +We propose a Chinese name, Huá dōng Jǐng Tiān (华东景天). + + + + + +Distribution of + +Sedum orientalichinense + +and sampling sites of morphologically similar species. + +Sedum orientalichinense + +was sampled at its three known localities Matoushan ( +MTS +, Jiangxi Province), Baizhangji ( +BZJ +, Zhejiang Province), and Daciyan ( +DCY +, Zhejiang Province). + +S. baileyi + +was sampled at the type locality Lushan Mountain ( +LS +), Jiangxi Province. + +S. emarginatum + +was sampled at three sites: Yuyao ( +YY +) and Ningbo (NB) in Zhejiang Province, and Huangshan ( +HS +) in Anhui Province. + + + + + +Distribution and habitat. + + +The new species is distributed in eastern +China +in +Jiangxi +and +Zhejiang +, provinces. It grows in rocky crevices and soil slopes in valleys at altitudes of +300–600 m +a. s. l. + + + + + +IUCN +conservation status. + + + +Due to its wider distribution and numerous individuals at each of the three investigation sites, + +S. orientalichinense + +should be considered as least concern ( +LC +) ( +IUCN Standards and Petitions Subcommittee 2022 +). + + + + + + +Type specimens of + +Sedum orientalichinense + +A +the holotype ( +Xiong Y. 23062901 +[SYS 00236991]) +B +a paratype ( +Xiong Y. 240521 +[SYS 00236993]). + + + + + + + + +Sedum tricarpum + +from Huangshan +A +specimen from the Herbarium of the Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Production practice team of Department of Biology of FDU 0338, PE 00914380, Beijing, photographed by Bin-bin Liu) +B – D +living samples of + +S. tricarpum + +from Huangshan, Anhui province +B +habit +C +the leaves may occasionally be opposite which leads to misidentifications +D +leaf blade shape. (3 July 2024, photographed and collected by Jing-Min Dai, +B – D +were from a cultivated individual, +Dai J. M. 2403221 +). + + + + + +Additional specimens examined. + + + + +Sedum orientalichinense + +( +paratypes +) + +: +China +• +Jiangxi Province +, Mount Matoushan, Baishakeng, on rocky cliff, + +27.77 ° N +, +117.23 ° E + +, +424 m +a. s. l. +21 May 2024 +, + +Xiong +Y +. 240521 + +( +SYS +00236993) • Longjing, in soily slope, + +27.79 ° N +, +117.24 ° E + +, +375 m +a. s. l., + +Xiong +Y +. s. n. + +, + +Li +E +. X & Li + +, + +J +. X. +NCU +2016 MTS 0221 + +( +JXU +0017056) • +Zhejiang Province +, Jiande City, Daciyan, + +Dai +J +. +M +24040701 + +( +SYS +00237017), Wenzhou City, Baizhangji, + +Dai +J +. +M + +. ( +SYS +00237018). + +Sedum emarginatum + +: +China +• +Zhejiang Province +, + +Migo +H +. s. n. + +( +ZNAS +00332278, +NAS +00071019, +NAS +00332264). + +Sedum baileyi + +: +China +• +Jiangxi Province +, Lushan Mountain, + +Peng +Y +. +S +. 21051101 + +( + +SYS + +). + +Sedum makinoi + +: +Japan +• Nanokawa, Tosa, + +Makino +T +. 93 + +( +LE +01014732, +LE +01014733), + +Watanabe, +K +. s. n. + +( +HUH +01989208) • +Nagasaki +, +Anonymous s. n. +( +K +000732545) • +Okayama +, + +Furuse +M +. 52653 + +( +PE +01135685, +PE +01135684), + +Furuse +M +. 51887 + +( +PE +01135678), + +Furuse +M +. 52825 + +( +PE +01135672), + +Furuse +M +. 52653 + +( +PE +01135686) • +Yamaguchi +, + +Saito, +S +. 3173 + +( +PE +01458488), + +Nikai +J +. s. n. + +(TNS-VS- 48304) • +Tochigi +, + +Furuse +M +. 14896 + +( +PE +01135683), + +Furuse +M +. 54759 + +( +PE +01135687), +Nakamura s. n. +( +KAG +046500), + +Yoshi +K +. 14896 + +( +KAG +175186) • +Kumamoto +, + +Sumihiko +H +. 44370 + +( +KAG +046490) • +Saga +, + +Bajou +I +. s. n. + +( +KAG +046495) • +Shizuoka +, + +Hideaki +N +. 4493 + +( +KAG +046499) • +Oita +, + +Sumihiko +H +. 44371 + +( +KAG +046504) • +Hiroshima +, + +Taizo +M +. 165 + +( +KAG +046497) • +Saitama +, + +Shigeki +K +. 1171 + +( +KAG +046502) • +Hyogo +, + +Fukuoka +N +. 13638 + +(TNS-VS- 564993) • Oity, + +Yamaki +N +. + +, + +Herb. +H +. Koidzumi 97349 + +(TNS-VS- 480622), + +Herb. +H +. Koidzumi 97536 + +(TNS-VS- 480623) • +Tokushima +, + +Akiyama +S +. 20808 + +(TNS-VS- 775554) • +Ehime +, + +Koidzumi +H +. 99692 + +(TNS-VS- 480618). + + + + \ No newline at end of file