Taxonomic notes on the genus Dumasia (Fabaceae)
Author
Jiang, Kai-Wen
0000-0002-5917-1846
Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Conservation in Southwest China, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, Yunnan 650224, China. & Ningbo Botanical Garden, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315201, China. & kevinchiangensis @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5917 - 1846
kevinchiangensis@gmail.com
Author
Corlett, Richard T.
0000-0002-2508-9465
Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan 666303, China. & Center of Conservation Biology, Core Botanical Gardens, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan 666303, China. & corlett @ xtbg. org. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2508 - 9465
corlett@xtbg.org.cn
Author
Tian, Bin
0000-0003-2325-724X
Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Conservation in Southwest China, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, Yunnan 650224, China. & tianbin @ swfu. edu. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2325 - 724 X
tianbin@swfu.edu.cn
Author
Pan, Bo
0000-0002-0038-9664
Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan 666303, China. & Center of Conservation Biology, Core Botanical Gardens, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan 666303, China. & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China. & pb @ xtbg. org. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0038 - 9664
pb@xtbg.org.cn
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Phytotaxa
2021
2021-10-07
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journal article
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10.11646/phytotaxa.522.2.3
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Dumasia prazeri
Predeep & M. P. Nayar (1990: 109)
.
Fig. 1
Type
:—
MYANMAR
.
West
slope of
Chattiah Hill
,
12
th
December 1900
,
J. C
.
Prazer
36
(
holotype
CAL
!; isotypes
CAL
!)
.
Description:
—Twining herbs,
3‒
5 m
. Stem slender, striate, brownish villous, glabrescent with age. Leaves trifoliolate; stipules ovate-lanceolate, 3‒4 ×
1‒1.5 mm
, brownish pubescent; petiole
2‒7 cm
, brownish villous as stem; rachis
4‒11 mm
; leaflets elliptic or ovate, 3.6‒6.9 ×
2.3‒4.4 cm
, chartaceous, obtuse to rounded at apex and base, mucronate at apex, densely pubescent adaxially, more hairy abaxially, secondary veins 5‒7 pairs; lateral leaflets slightly smaller, oblique; petiolules
1.5‒3 mm
, villous; stipels setaceous,
2‒3 mm
. Pseudoracemes axillary,
5‒12 cm
, many flowered, 2‒3 flowers per node; Bracts lanceolate, 3.5 ×
0.5 mm
, pubescent. Pedicels
1‒2 mm
, pubescent; bracteoles 2, lanceolate, 2 ×
0.5 mm
, adnate to the base of the calyx, pubescent. Calyx tubular, obliquely truncate, sparsely pubescent,
4‒5 mm
. Corolla yellow; standard suborbicular,
7‒8 mm
, emarginate at apex, margins reflexed, auricles small; wings oblong, ca.
8 mm
, rounded at apex, with a basal claw ca.
5 mm
, lateral callosities crescent shaped, auricle small on upper margin; keels triangular, obtuse at apex, with a basal claw ca.
5 mm
, auricle small. Stamens (9+1) diadelphous,
8 mm
; anthers uniform, alternately on and short filaments. Ovary shortly stipitate, glabrous, with 3‒4 ovules; style glabrous; stigma capitate. Pods subfalcate,
3‒4 cm
, glabrous.
FIGURE 1.
Dumasia prazeri
Pradeep & M. P. Nayar
A.
Flowering
branch;
B.
Pods. Photographs by Bo Pan.
Distribution and habitat:
—
Dumasia prazeri
is distributed in
China
(
Yunnan
, newly recorded) and
Myanmar
. It grows under pine forest.
Phenology:
—Flowering December to next January, fruiting February to March.
Chinese name:
—The Chinese name of
Dumasia prazeri
is given here as 小Ë山āü, in which “小Ë” means small-flowered, as it bears the smallest flowers (only ca.
7‒8 mm
) in the genus; “山āü” is the Chinese common name for the genus
Dumasia
.
Notes:
—
Dumasia prazeri
was only known from the
type
locality for a long time, and no more specimens had been collected since the
type
specimens. One collection stored in
HITBC
from
Jingdong County
of
Yunnan Province
was traced during our herbarium work, and a further two small populations of the species were found in
Zhenyuan County
during our field work in
Southern
Yunnan
, so here we report it as a new record for the flora of
China
.
Iconography citation:
—Predeep & Nayar (1990: 110): figure 1.
Conservation status:
—Except for the
type
locality, only three populations of
Dumasia prazeri
with ca. 5 individuals were found. According to IUCN Categories (2019), the species is considered here as
Data Deficient (DD)
. Additional surveys for this species are needed.
Specimens examined:—
CHINA
.
Yunnan
:
Jingdong County
,
Wenlong
,
Sanchaqing
, roadside,
26
th
December 2003
,
T. Y
.
Zhao
, C. W
.
Duan
, & Y. L
.
Shi
66
(
HITBC
).
Zhenyuan County
, near an agritourism resort outside the town, moist slope,
8
th
January 2012
,
B
.
Pan
7
(
HITBC
).
Zhenyuan County
,
Xieqipo Park
,
4
th
February 2012
,
B
.
Pan
14
(
HITBC
)
.