Taxonomic revision of Bergera J. Koenig ex L. (Rutaceae) based on the molecular phylogeny and morphology
Author
Mou, Feng-Juan
Faculty of Forestry, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China. Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou 510225, China. Faculty of Biology, Hanoi National University of Education, Hanoi, Vietnam. Institute of Natural Products Chemistry, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam.
moufengjuan@126.com&xiuhu0938@zhku.edu.cn&thuhabui.plant@gmail.com
Author
Cuong, Nguyen Manh
nmcuong_inpc@yahoo.com.vn
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2023
2023-03-01
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journal article
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10.5852/ejt.2023.860.2057
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Bergera unifolia
C.L.Deng & F.J.Mou
Fig. 14
Bergera unifolia
C.L.Deng & F.J.Mou,
Annales Botanici Fennici
58 (4–6): 363 (
Deng
et al.
2021
). –
Type
:
CHINA
•
Guangxi
,
Guilin
(transplanted from Duyang, Dahua); alt. ca
540 m
;
18 Aug. 2017
;
F
.
J
. Mou 595
;
holotype
:
SWFC
!; isotype:
SWFC
!.
Etymology
The specific epithet refers to the unifoliate leaves.
Material examined
CHINA
•
Guangxi
,
Dahua
;
18 Aug. 2017
;
C.L. Deng et al. 1
,
2
,
3
; preserved in Guangxi Academy of Specialty Crops, China
.
Description
Shrub, up to
1 m
high. Spineless, glabrous; oil glands prominent and easily visible principally on the young branches, rachis, and petiolule, as well as along the margins and in the mesophyll. Young branches are green, becoming grey-brown when old. Leaves are unifoliolate; rachis ca
2.5–5.5 cm
long and swelling at the base; petiolule more swollen than rachis and
4–5 mm
long; leaflets subcoriaceous, shining above and hairy underneath, and elliptical or oblong-lanceolate; leaf blades
7–12 cm
long,
3–6 cm
wide, acute cuneiform at the base, narrowed attenuate and slightly emarginate at the tip, and obtuse or subemarginate, serrate; with 10–15 pairs of lateral veins and clearly distinct from the veinlets and elevated above the surface below. Cymes are both axillary and terminal and up to 50-flowered. Flower buds are small, 2.5–3.5 × 2.0 mm; calyxes 5-lobed, short, ovate, acute, and 0.8–1.3 ×
0.5–0.9 mm
; petals oblong, 2.5–3.5 × 0.5–1.0 mm wide; pellucid dots on the surface of the petals and calyx lobes. Stamen filaments are free, 10, alternately unequal in length, ciliate,
2.5 mm
and
3 mm
long, respectively, dilated at the base and abruptly pointed at the tip; anthers not large, pubescent. Pistils are
1.8–2.5 mm
long; ovaries are oblong, yellow, substipitate, and glandular, borne on a low disc, with 2 ovules, each with 1 ovule; styles cylindrical, pubescent, and white. Fruits are fleshy, red, oval, and up to
15 mm
long.
Phenology
Flowering between May and June, while fruiting from July to August.
Distribution and habitat
The species is only endemic to Dahua (
Guangxi Province
,
China
). It grows in limestone hills at alt.
500 m
.
Remarks
This species is similar to
B. stenocarpa
with unifoliate leaves, but is distinguished easily from the latter by having smaller and thinner leaflets. The leaflets of this taxon are also close to
B. kwangsiensis
due to the hairs under the leaflets, oil glands and smell (
Deng
et al.
2021
).