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<mods:title id="7918760147B311B177CEF58065B2C0D4">Maesa flabellifera (Primulaceae), a new species from southeast Yunnan, China</mods:title>
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<emphasis id="647229E8EDF274F390E726C2E8A0237B" italics="true">Maesa flabellifera</emphasis>
D. Wei, G. Hao &amp; Utteridge
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="94B51148E6AD50D672400BF9C9147F46" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<figureCitation id="848887440C5107D27B018CC67121304B" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Holotype of Maesa flabellifera D. Wei, G. Hao &amp; Utteridge, sp. nov. (D. Wei et al. Xu 210531, IBSC 1025516, IBSC)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.248.135449.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1163861">Figs 1</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="A80060BF5FDCBAC4B833B988E2724449" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Maesa flabellifera A habitat B habit C node with petiole and base of inflorescence D abaxial and adaxial surfaces of leaf E inflorescence F bract (borne at base of pedicel) and bracteole (borne at base of the hypanthium) G flower after removal of corolla H corolla from G, opened flat I Infructescences." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.248.135449.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1163862">2</figureCitation>
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•
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,
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et al. Xu 210531
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! barcode
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<taxonomicName id="50F768528070B7D1A9B940FB332AD52E" authorityName="D. Wei, G. Hao &amp; Utteridge" authorityYear="2024" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Primulaceae" genus="Maesa" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="flabellifera">
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is morphologically similar to
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, but clearly differs from the latter in the indumentum (lacking hairs vs. rusty hirsute hairs present), inflorescence structure (panicles 4.0-
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long with up to 3 branches). It is also similar to
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, but can be distinguished by the indumentum (lacking hairs vs. presence of rusty tomentose and strigose hairs) and lamina texture (membranaceous vs. chartaceous).
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<label id="73C7923D8A7179B55823B7C505D6E067">Figure 1.</label>
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Holotype of
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D. Wei, G. Hao &amp; Utteridge
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(
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, IBSC 1025516, IBSC).
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Large shrub, up to
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all parts lacking hairs, scales present on leaves, inflorescences and fruits, scales peltate, black, ± sessile, circular with irregular margins.
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dark green with scattered lenticels, sparsely scaly.
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lamina broadly elliptic to obovate,
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long,
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wide, membranaceous, dark green above, pale grey-green below, adaxial and abaxial surface sparsely scaly; base obtuse to cuneate; margins serrulate-serrate with 20-34 teeth on each side; apex acuminate to obtuse, sometimes emarginate; mid-rib sparsely scaly adaxially and abaxially; secondary veins 10-18 pairs, craspedodromous; densely longitudinally glandular lines; petiole 1.5-3.0 cm long, sparsely scaly.
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lateral (axillary), sometimes terminal, panicles, with 7-16 branches, 4.0-
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long; bracts ovate,
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long, scaly to densely scaly, margins entire, apex acute; bracteoles ± opposite, inserted at the base of the hypanthium, triangular,
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wide, apex acute, margins entire, scaly.
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pentamerous, white; calyx lobes triangular,
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wide, margins entire, apex acute to rounded; corolla tube
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long, corolla lobes broadly triangular,
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wide, margins entire, apex rounded; stamens 5, arising 0.8-1.0 mm from the base of the corolla, filaments
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long, anthers
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sub-globose, ca.
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long; bracteoles remaining ± opposite at the base of the fruit; persistent calyx lobes non-overlapping.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="A68331B1DE1A90EA453D990E9EFCF02D">
<label id="AC94AA9EA1B52F888B9AD49B521CC8EB">Figure 2.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="375DEC2025382557D203C48726EBCCF1">
<taxonomicName id="372EB66BD9CA3D56A0292440DDEC3A74" authorityName="D. Wei, G. Hao &amp; Utteridge" authorityYear="2024" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Primulaceae" genus="Maesa" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="flabellifera">
<emphasis id="08530FC58FEC06E8591C051A15F84534" italics="true">Maesa flabellifera</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="39ADBFF4A7DDEDC48DE5E664ADD173CD" bold="true">A</emphasis>
habitat
<emphasis id="9EAC0C4800B9E77BCF57D68FB6A2137A" bold="true">B</emphasis>
habit
<emphasis id="E8C87BC09B66E96EB7D50CBF55B82233" bold="true">C</emphasis>
node with petiole and base of inflorescence
<emphasis id="78B4F2F7A845796552A5C672343BF762" bold="true">D</emphasis>
abaxial and adaxial surfaces of leaf
<emphasis id="8A852A4C5F82EE8BCA5B1B1F87E9BA35" bold="true">E</emphasis>
inflorescence
<emphasis id="851DE5A77CB5ACD2993259572D3FBBDE" bold="true">F</emphasis>
bract (borne at base of pedicel) and bracteole (borne at base of the hypanthium)
<emphasis id="1546B3FA02027C545443AEEC0D324EB6" bold="true">G</emphasis>
flower after removal of corolla
<emphasis id="50983EAF01F88314995C011FCBEEA3FB" bold="true">H</emphasis>
corolla from G, opened flat
<emphasis id="EA710B5C4DDA88B3847DF8C5A9EC61E5" bold="true">I</emphasis>
Infructescences.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0ELOAC" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="D84A4F1AEC76AEADDFF90D74FC8D3D49">
<heading id="1A65C312046AFFCC07C1AC404DAB79B2" reason="title">Distribution and habitat.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4FE3A41DB60D50A631A49A52A806C79E">
According to the specimens examined and the recent field investigations,
<taxonomicName id="21A80F1D8B6947F34528DB8E5B77D708" authorityName="D. Wei, G. Hao &amp; Utteridge" authorityYear="2024" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Primulaceae" genus="Maesa" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="flabellifera">
<emphasis id="B234C394972A2C4EC176822FA48ACCE5" italics="true">Maesa flabellifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is presently found in Honghe Prefecture,
<collectingRegion id="A50C52F0D55693E1D048AE1F5FE8968A" country="China" name="Yunnan">Yunnan Province</collectingRegion>
(Map
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). It is common in evergreen broad-leaved mixed forests at elevations of
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.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EAPAC" type="phenology">
<paragraph id="1362A6BE5181468604040AE7CEFE6EB9">
<heading id="12B1B0A1FB92EE3FEE8035A360A411EA" reason="title">Phenology.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8F49E8DA1EB3987E27E854579C7907CD">Flowering from January to March, fruiting from April to December.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EFPAC" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="9447805FD7371EE601D1993D7F6E6EE6">
<heading id="A41014F863204A3A6AC765A3DD2175C5" reason="title">Etymology.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="765FA9CF8D59CF4939B350424F3D453D">
The specific epithet
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‘
<emphasis id="E710B1EE741EFA25CBD5A9B8959775F5" italics="true">flabellifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
’ is derived from the Latin ‘ flabella’ and ‘ fera’ to refer to its inflorescence with 7-16 branches of almost equal length and spreading, looking like a branching fan.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EVPAC" type="Vernacular name">
<paragraph id="D435D68EE8536BB627CCECA9D661B969">
<heading id="4585B2989A3EE86314021DA5A89D0AC7" reason="title">Vernacular name.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6D0B281D1B3C32A3472CADF6D3BA7BAF">Chinese Mandarin: shan xing du jing shan (扇形杜茎山).</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0E1PAC" type="Preliminary conservation status">
<paragraph id="7BFABBDBCB55ECD82C977AC0A63C5865">
<heading id="69240F70B47AE9044C441FD71D4D2418" reason="title">Preliminary conservation status.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="729D64B31696EBA17B018A6F733440FF">
<taxonomicName id="65B5145C20495E408AB3C51953CA2572" authorityName="D. Wei, G. Hao &amp; Utteridge" authorityYear="2024" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Primulaceae" genus="Maesa" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="flabellifera">
<emphasis id="FE9AB22683726DA9D497E8696B7A6C15" italics="true">Maesa flabellifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is widely distributed in southeast
<collectingRegion id="F6A0D4233868C09A6E27C82FA3D53C96" country="China" name="Yunnan">Yunnan</collectingRegion>
. In the populations in the Dawei Mountain National Nature Reserves (43993 hm
<superScript id="BEDE2B7F4CBF4CFAD61A863229DCF626">2</superScript>
) and Huanglian Mountain National Nature Reserves (65058 hm
<superScript id="A87A79B653C6B19696078A3270FFED96">2</superScript>
), the habitats are well-protected and not threatened and individuals have been found locally common in each site. Based on currently available data,
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<emphasis id="9BC36B026F887C88566B12988C3C60B7" italics="true">M. flabellifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is preliminarily assessed as Least Concern (LC) according to IUCN Categories and Criteria (
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0E6AAE" type="material">
<paragraph id="B65A73FDAFC10B8515EE2EE7E717C803">
<heading id="4EDF8FB20B74FCECE2AF0E67F1D2BFC4" reason="title">
Additional specimens examined (
<typeStatus id="BA59A9383B198B2CBEC9CE1B71DEC479" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
).
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E37AA6A42DA7B5E9334860730F8F5F6D">
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<collectingCountry id="1C3D308C7D5A146667E42697BCF6236F" name="China">China</collectingCountry>
,
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,
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•
<collectingCounty id="A23ABD8867F711FF761ED17EC5A7D380">Yuanyang County</collectingCounty>
,
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;
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alt.;
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<collectingDate id="436DEEA2E8CCB6C061CD30A011C7C4F8" value="2023-03-22">22 March 2023</collectingDate>
</date>
(fl.);
<emphasis id="99B327F05A42FB5E6B8D5E05E3B239D4" italics="true">
<collectorName id="5AA8D3EEB9628CD591D3EB780DDA5550">Wei</collectorName>
et al. Xu 231213
</emphasis>
(
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, barcode
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)
</materialsCitation>
•
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<collectingCounty id="50ED03D1D152CCAF5BCFF53548195BE1">Lüchun County</collectingCounty>
,
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;
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</quantity>
alt.;
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<collectingDate id="5F8380B8AD982DE7EA7204515279E255" value="2023-03-23">23 March 2023</collectingDate>
</date>
(fl.);
<emphasis id="8A96F4444BFDB87CE85122DC613F5AC7" italics="true">
<collectorName id="FDF63BFDAC1C67C4B4367B1128D5D3E1">Wei</collectorName>
et al. Xu 231222
</emphasis>
(
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, barcode
<specimenCode id="6999C9C9BA33CF7816BAD209CC60F0BD" collectionCode="IBSC" country="China" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15606" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15606" name="South China Botanical Garden" type="Herbarium">IBSC 1025523</specimenCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
•
<materialsCitation id="385BD8C03D9CFD59818C806F1C449612" collectingDate="2010-01-16" collectionCode="KUN" collectorName="Southeast Yunnan expedition" country="China" county="Jinping County" elevation="2192" location="Jinping County" specimenCode="KUN 1279679" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Yunnan" typeStatus="paratype">
<collectingCounty id="F3FCB3B15E2EF891DFFE0725ACC10500">Jinping County</collectingCounty>
;
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<elevation id="5242D4516D395A5009C44E136DD25234" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.1919999999999997" unit="m" value="2192.0">2192 m</elevation>
</quantity>
alt.;
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<collectingDate id="FC5D295FBDDA13ED1163131B154D24E5" value="2010-01-16">16 January 2010</collectingDate>
</date>
(fl.);
<emphasis id="F37059916D5AFF70E7D49B377CF31093" italics="true">
<collectorName id="4F837AD7B543C43B6DE088A734387877">Southeast Yunnan expedition</collectorName>
</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="49D1CC55A2919E5C589B7018DB305F84" italics="true">GBOWS 956</emphasis>
(
<collectionCode id="8AE64AA08B8463BB6A096389DD3E4B41" country="China" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15842" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15842" name="Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences" type="Herbarium">KUN</collectionCode>
, barcode
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)
</materialsCitation>
•
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<collectingCounty id="2B49FD3D5E912BB8725CD54C31C68A5F">Pingbian County</collectingCounty>
;
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</quantity>
alt.;
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<collectingDate id="4F433061A709B7969F788C99D7A25D7C" value="2009-11-23">23 November 2009</collectingDate>
</date>
(fr.);
<emphasis id="F651A4D7067F35030C77B783A26A5D1A" italics="true">
<collectorName id="68B86AE3569047271FCF5FC2A77FE3C3">Qian</collectorName>
et al
</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="1EDBD3B28A98DE0E831B0562887755FC" italics="true">Pbdws 151</emphasis>
(
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, barcode
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)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0E5BAE" type="notes">
<paragraph id="6EB3CE32E915094AD887AFDFE070940D">
<heading id="DDEB18EB36B08CB2AE8B7E547020B9C3" reason="title">Notes.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5AC94CA636591086F7796D0FED16DA77">
Based on a phylogenetic analysis of molecular data, a new infrageneric classification of
<taxonomicName id="A9E9994D2C0D83C8A868FC3CCF7C0AC7" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Primulaceae" genus="Maesa" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="0327A2D6BAFBA448ABCB68AB7D31D5F2" italics="true">Maesa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was proposed, dividing it into five subgenera, based on distribution and morphological characters (
<bibRefCitation id="9ED6908BB9A5A78E5C3EDF651B3915DF" DOI="10.1002/tax.12991" author="Sumanon" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Sumanon" issue="4" journalOrPublisher="Taxon" pagination="1-20" refId="B17" refString="Sumanon P, Balslev H, Utteridge TMA, Eiserhardt WL (2023) A species-level phylogenetic framework and infrageneric classification for the genus Maesa (Primulaceae). Taxon 72 (4): 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12991" title="A species-level phylogenetic framework and infrageneric classification for the genus Maesa (Primulaceae)." volume="72" year="2023">Sumanon et al. 2023</bibRefCitation>
). The species-level tree shows a strong signal of geographical distribution for the new infrageneric classification. It is speculated that
<taxonomicName id="AEF015462865282D59430F1B17A56AAF" authorityName="D. Wei, G. Hao &amp; Utteridge" authorityYear="2024" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Primulaceae" genus="Maesa" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="flabellifera">
<emphasis id="A70359C3B0636D3B6B349D184D89E1B6" italics="true">Maesa flabellifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
should be placed in the
<taxonomicName id="7C6D45DD390E5442BA7EFD96035F0BB9" authority="Sumanon, Eiserhardt &amp; Utteridge" authorityName="Sumanon, Eiserhardt &amp; Utteridge" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Primulaceae" genus="Maesa" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Indicae">
<emphasis id="3E133E5B36ADC860240D59A70D11754B" italics="true">Maesa subg. Indicae</emphasis>
Sumanon, Eiserhardt &amp; Utteridge
</taxonomicName>
, by far the most species-rich subgenus in
<collectingCountry id="64C10C200EB586BA2E83E0FCDD065BD0" name="China">China</collectingCountry>
, with species of trees or shrubs mainly from the Asian Continent, since its morphology and distribution is consistent with this clade especially the leaf morphology, such as the serrulate-serrate margins.
</paragraph>
<caption id="DF63F7B30EDC820F83E233238B91342E" ID-DOI="10.3897/phytokeys.248.135449.map1" ID-arpha="EE4E0E51-D646-526D-8D21-2CBAB250210A" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1163863" startId="F3">
<paragraph id="70B68595FD158148E8407556A68C6DF5">
<label id="742437D58039A0EFC39047EC217E2D13">Map 1.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="52EBF938AE2A64BCD7A02DEBA07917AA">
Geographical distribution of
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<emphasis id="5AFA21D0E34AB7D9E2A779B823B4C212" italics="true">Maesa flabellifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="5B3C6BEACA4E6E6BF56C73B8BEE8D39C">
<taxonomicName id="7E71CE1558B5BC661B72295FB78022A9" authorityName="D. Wei, G. Hao &amp; Utteridge" authorityYear="2024" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Primulaceae" genus="Maesa" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="flabellifera">
<emphasis id="AEF2CA4C7DA30748B595F5DF6B58A64F" italics="true">Maesa flabellifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
belongs to the group of species with a longer corolla-tube. In the Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae (
<bibRefCitation id="03BC50DA51062F8E1DAD3225FBBE641F" author="Chen" firstAuthor="Chen" refId="B7" refString="Chen J (1979) Myrsinaceae. In: Chen J (Ed.) Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae 58. Science Press, Beijing, 1-38." year="1979">Chen 1979</bibRefCitation>
),
<taxonomicName id="A164C05CF59FBD0A787116E033FFC957" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Primulaceae" genus="Maesa" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="A3F24F3146BFD8289D05C22F89ABBA77" italics="true">Maesa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was divided into two sections based on the ratio of corolla-tube length to lobe length, namely
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<emphasis id="B6354BAC3344699221C639E19C2B2305" italics="true">Maesa sect. Maesa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<emphasis id="5E4D394C3529FF59495C2F69D004B6CB" italics="true">
M. sect.
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</emphasis>
[Thunb.] Nakai. There are eight species with a long corolla-tube similar to
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<emphasis id="2DA09C1AC5CD0812ABF8BC6179C46491" italics="true">M. flabellifera</emphasis>
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in sect.
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<emphasis id="1BBB61A16AB657C39C44EC6695523D6B" italics="true">Doraena</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
[Thunb.] Nakai. This treatment was not adopted in the Flora of
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(
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). Although the long corolla-tube is a good character for species-level identification as a ‘ spot character’, the group is not monophyletic in the phylogenetic analysis (
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) and is used here as a comparative tool.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C91457668C1D44D08FA4976758F10159">
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<emphasis id="F08008C4A9DB966D3C9227ACA3DE4CA4" italics="true">Maesa flabellifera</emphasis>
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is unique within the long corolla-tube species group, differing from all others by the following characters: lacking hairs on all parts; leaves thick, membranaceous and broadly elliptic to obovate,
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long and
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wide; long paniculate inflorescences, up to
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long, with 7-16 branches, each branch almost equal in length, looking like a branching fan arising from the leaf axils.
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<paragraph id="622473C4063D0D6E29771A73039DC892">
In the key to
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<emphasis id="B3C98B2974F13D9E91D65BF45A7C211D" italics="true">Maesa</emphasis>
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in the Flora of
<collectingCountry id="BD6AA5BFB7E098A6D74A0AF33D477BF1" name="China">China</collectingCountry>
(
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),
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<emphasis id="8460DBDD49BEDE6E314BADFEE9EBB9BA" italics="true">M. flabellifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
would key out close to
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<emphasis id="CF87E2325B1E0FE6A3997F1B0A108447" italics="true">M. permollis</emphasis>
Kurz
</taxonomicName>
as they share the same leaf features and the long corolla-tube. However,
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<emphasis id="1B71993571486AC29BA2543FEF28878C" italics="true">M. flabellifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is unlikely to be confused with
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<emphasis id="FAD69A233927D1C5A1665F4C8C4E357A" italics="true">M. permollis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by examination of the indumentum and inflorescence structure. Based on the herbarium and field observations,
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<emphasis id="ECEA8AEEBCB3B0C41D23593B5BC87E01" italics="true">M. permollis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is conspicuously hairy throughout with rusty hirsute hairs and the inflorescences are short, dense clustering of numerous flowers, forming compact, many-flowered inflorescence clusters. Moreover,
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<emphasis id="07655C17DF0E2192854A1A253C8C5116" italics="true">M. flabellifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is found in higher elevations around
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, compared to
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<emphasis id="20762C91E262B650B046B30132325257" italics="true">M. permollis</emphasis>
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which is encountered at lower elevations around
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.
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<paragraph id="5795A8AA0F689AC761AD6FAECA9177EB">
Compared to the other
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<emphasis id="C5A78D13CB700EC73FD5E53736261D01" italics="true">Maesa</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
with long corolla-tubes,
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<emphasis id="2E5A719BF32F819BD045090109E40DFE" italics="true">M. flabellifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is most similar to
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<emphasis id="4ABD1E0DCDF3DF5B31BA1E6E94B06B31" italics="true">M. kurzii</emphasis>
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, sharing broadly elliptic to obovate leaves and long paniculate inflorescences. However, the indumentum and lamina texture make
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<emphasis id="6B9235E4115F08ADC1EB15B1078F4EED" italics="true">M. flabellifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
very distinctive and easily separated from
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<emphasis id="3FB13F10D12B1738BC6006216BBA1450" italics="true">M. kurzii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which has chartaceous leaves, usually rusty tomentose hairs throughout and inflorescences with rusty strigose hairs. Furthermore, the distributions of these two species are distinctly different and non-overlapping.
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<emphasis id="744957496C195068C4A22F1F6AB393E1" italics="true">Maesa flabellifera</emphasis>
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is currently only known from southeast Yunnan, situated in Honghe Prefecture.
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<emphasis id="055EF942FBE8680A0752C92FA6046CC2" italics="true">Maesa kurzii</emphasis>
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is located within
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. A detailed comparison of these three species is shown in Table
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.
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<label id="A40D49B3286A23EC3E166B06E5C670C6">Table 1.</label>
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<paragraph id="0193684C3A4C412EDFF0CA5CC112AF46">
Morphological and ecological comparison between
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<emphasis id="C380B7C8FA51A7CF88D3BDAF7BCD5110" italics="true">Maesa flabellifera</emphasis>
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and its allies.
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<th id="3AE88B495F0DAB4A20F3D2147BB8C295" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Features</th>
<emphasis id="DEB967BC9282E3131F2078C305F8D354" italics="true">
<th id="4F642A6805900A3D8624EBE761079D5C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="4599F652A74CA88D66B5C729FDF4AFD8" authorityName="D. Wei, G. Hao &amp; Utteridge" authorityYear="2024" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Primulaceae" genus="Maesa" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="flabellifera">M. flabellifera</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="8AF8EEDD812267978DECC20B3AA9E831" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="F0AB1D1A95A4D0591218386A587494B8" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Primulaceae" genus="Maesa" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="permollis">M. permollis</taxonomicName>
</th>
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<th id="3FFFE7BFB41C450F566E82CCA582C25D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">M. kurzii</th>
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<td id="DC1FA3F4BDACD2EDE95C8BFD2F2A05FD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Indumentum</td>
<td id="EBB0B359CD5051C6CD3C975F57530AC8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">lacking hairs</td>
<td id="69619AD4F3402E3CF10E712E1A9B7359" colspan="1" rowspan="1">rusty hirsute hairs</td>
<td id="9FCD117907F4F5339B489586E003BB2A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">rusty tomentose and strigose hairs</td>
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</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
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<td id="CDCD2C71E4508CA8A9313E35421C45BF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Leaf texture</td>
<td id="009BA98397EDF5E07AE0014BE96CA73F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">membranaceous</td>
<td id="C8689AEEA8ACFCCB0C557DB9C66F0918" colspan="1" rowspan="1">membranaceous</td>
<td id="BD31BC70D8CDD889AD4D3B614DEA2EC1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">chartaceous</td>
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<td id="6CF4043718788941CCE57E4B52C2F71F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Inflorescence structure</td>
<td id="890345A670A61EFB6D6DE8F8A78649B5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">panicles with 7-16 branches</td>
<td id="024633CA354489A51EE82AC52E9BEA46" colspan="1" rowspan="1">racemes or panicles with up to 3 branches</td>
<td id="A2BEA800B01F945CDED888705091129C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">panicles with 4-10 branches</td>
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<td id="4C0DA8CE89E6F4050EBC5CBD9E74F8EB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Inflorescence length</td>
<td id="9008E5B74B286979A82A1148ACD93A88" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4.0-6.5 cm</td>
<td id="3C277B32EC4E5663AA007E459CBF747B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1-3 cm</td>
<td id="23DA8410A923BDD2126271EFBBB3A152" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3.0-4.5 cm</td>
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<td id="65F93C885F7D7D9F2A22EDBB9F11228E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Elevation</td>
<td id="CB0313D91BADA946A08851CCE9C60592" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1500-2200 m</td>
<td id="64B9393C32D11A620C2C67D0D4908A43" colspan="1" rowspan="1">500-1600 m</td>
<td id="D938DF23A2A2D65AC36F7E9378F2CF6A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">500-1000 m</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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