Salvia changchuniana (Lamiaceae), a new species from Zhejiang, East China Author Jin, Xiao-Feng 0000-0002-8195-6738 docxfjin @ 163. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8195 - 6738 Author Ding, Bing-Yang 0000-0002-5335-5265 Zhejiang Forestry Academy, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310023, People’s Republic of China & dingby 2005 @ 126. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5335 - 5265 Author Chen, Zheng-Hai 0000-0002-8852-7127 Monitoring Center of Forest Resources of Zhejiang, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310020, People’s Republic of China & zhchen 1963 @ 163. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8852 - 7127 Author Xu, Yue-Liang 0000-0002-4137-4397 Zhejiang Museum of Natural History, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310012, People’s Republic of China & 1649822952 @ qq. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4137 - 4397 1649822952@qq.com Author Lu, Kai-Xing 0000-0001-6652-6097 Ningbo Key Laboratory of Agricultural Germplasm Resources Mining and Environmental Regulation / College of Science and Technology, Ningbo University, Cixi, Zhejiang, 315300, People’s Republic of China & lukaitong @ nbu. edu. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6652 - 6097 lukaitong@nbu.edu.cn text Phytotaxa 2023 2023-09-28 616 3 288 294 https://phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/download/phytotaxa.616.3.8/51145 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.616.3.8 1179-3163 10145547 Salvia changchuniana B.Y. Ding, Z.H. Chen & X.F. Jin , sp. nov. Figs. 2 & 3 This new species is similar to S. liguliloba Sun in having cauline leaves 3‒5-paired, simple, verticillasters extending to one side, but differs from the latter by having wider leaves, cauline leaf blade ovate-elliptic, ovate or broadly ovate, 10–20 cm long, 6–12 cm wide, corolla shorter, 1.3–1.5 cm long, tube outside densely pubescent, limb villous and glandular externally, middle lobe of lower lip compressed rounded-spathulate, larger than lateral lobes, ca. 3 mm long, ca. 2.5 mm wide, margin praemorse. TYPE: CHINA . Zhejiang : Fenghua , Chunhu , Jiufengshan , 106°23′28.85″E , 23°44′29.95″N , base of hill along stream, elev. 115 m , 10 Jun. 2019 , B. Y. Ding & Z. H. Chen 16357 ( holotype : ZM ; isotypes : IBK , ZJFC , ZM ) . FIGURE 3. Salvia changchuniana sp. nov. (A–F) and S. liguliloba (G–K). (A) habit; (B) basal leaves; (C) cauline leaves; (D) part of inflorescence; (E) calyx and corolla shape; (F) shape of anterior lip; (G) habit; (H) basal leaves; (I) cauline leaves; (J) part of inflorescence; (K) shape of corolla and anterior lip. Herbs perennial. Roots pale yellow-brown. Stems 50‒120 cm tall, unbranched, 4-angled, longitudinally grooved, densely recurved pubescent and sparsely spreading villous. Leaves simple, opposite. Basal leaves long-petiolate; petioles 5‒10 cm long; blades ovate-elliptic, ovate-oblong or broadly ovate, 7‒13 cm long, 4‒9 cm wide, apex obtuse, base shallowly cordate, margin crenate, adaxially green, abaxially purple-red, short-hispid on veins of both surfaces. Cauline leaves 3‒5-paired; petioles 3‒12 cm long; blades ovate-elliptic, ovate or broadly ovate, 9.5‒13(‒20) cm long, 4.5‒7(‒12) cm wide, apex acute or short-acuminate, base shallowly cordate, with same indumentum of basal leaves, adaxially dark green, abaxially pale green. Upper leaves short-petiolate or subsessile; blades smaller, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, apex acuminate, base rounded or truncate. Verticillasters 4‒8-flowered, in a terminal or axial 10‒30 cm long sub-racemes, extending to one side, sometimes base branched; lateral inflorescence with a 6‒10 cm long peduncle; rachis densely recurved pubescent and glandular. Calyx narrowly campanulate, ca. 7 mm long, glandular, sparsely hispid on veins, glabrous inside; posterior lip erect, obovate-elliptic, apex 3-lobed with minute teeth; anterior lip 2- lobed, lobes lanceolate. Corolla 1.3‒1.5 cm long, tube pale purple or white-purple, densely pubescent and glandular outside, obliquely pilose annulate near base inside, limb purple or white-purple, 2-lipped; posterior lip straight, ca. 2.5 mm long, 2-lobed; anterior lip horizontally spreading, ca. 5 mm long, 3-lobed, lateral lobes obliquely ovate-triangular, middle lobe spathulate, upper amplified to compressed round-spathulate, ca. 3 mm long, ca. 2.5 mm wide, margin praemorse, villous and glandular outside, sparsely pubescent inside. Fertile stamens 2; filaments ca. 2 mm long; connectives arcuate, villous, upper arms ca. 5 mm long; lower arms separated, ca. 2 mm long; anthers black-brown, ca. 2 mm long. Ovary ellipsoid, ca. 0.8 mm long, green; style ca. 14 mm long, glabrous; stigma 2. Etymology : The specific epithet ‘ changchuniana ’ is in honor of Prof. Chang-Chun Wu (1905‒1974), who was the founder of Herbarium of Zhejiang University (HZU) and devoted himself to the taxonomic study on the ferns and seed plants of Zhejiang Province . Phenology : Flowering and fruiting occurs from late May to mid-June. Additional specimens examined : CHINA . Zhejiang : Fenghua, Chunhu, Jiufengshan, base of hill along stream, elev. 118 m , 4 Jun. 2019 , B. Y. Ding & K. X. Lu 16355 (ZM); the same locality, introduced in Hangzhou, 6 Jun. 2019 , B. Y. Ding 16356 (ZM); Longtangshan, elev. 336 m , ravine forests, 10 Jun. 2019 , B. Y. Ding & Z. H. Chen 16359 (HHBG, HZU, ZM, ZJFC); the same locality, introduced in the campus of Jiyang College in Zhuji, 28 May 2019 , Y. L. Xu & B. Y. Ding Xu1322 (ZM). Conservation status : Near threatened(NT).The new species is currently known from the type locality, Jiufengshan in Fenghua County in the city of Ningbo in eastern Zhejiang and grows along a stream in forests. The habitat is declining because of human disturbance (IUNC 2019) .