Huchimingia, a new genus segregated from Millettia (Leguminosae, Millettieae) based on morphological and molecular evidence Author Song, Zhu-Qiu 0000-0002-7763-2431 Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, P. R. China & songzhuqiu @ scbg. ac. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7763 - 2431 songzhuqiu@scbg.ac.cn Author Li, Shi-Jin 0000-0002-6596-5124 Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, P. R. China & lisj @ scbg. ac. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6596 - 5124 lisj@scbg.ac.cn Author Mattapha, Sawai 0000-0003-2911-0740 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Udon Thani Rajabhat University, Udon Thani 41000, Thailand & Indigoferasawai @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2911 - 0740 ndigoferasawai@gmail.com text Phytotaxa 2022 2022-01-25 532 1 37 56 journal article 2428 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.3 9cb10461-a420-4771-8a40-afec4ced8332 1179-3163 5900857 5. Huchimingia weizhii (Z.Q. Song) Z.Q. Song , comb. nov. ≡ Millettia weizhii Z.Q. Song, Nordic J. Bot. 37(3)-e01964: 2, Figs. 1–3 . 2019 ( Song et al. 2019 ). Type: CHINA . Yunnan Province , Mengla County , Mengyuan , Daoban , 995 m , 8 Apr 2013 , Jian-Wu Li 2986 ( holotype : HITBC ! [150677] ; isotype: KUN! [1251989]). Description. A full description for this species was provided by Song et al. (2019) . Distribution and ecology. Huchimingia weizhii is known from China ( Yunnan ). It grows in limestone forests at an altitude of 700–1000 m . It flowers before leaves expand, from January to February, and fruits from March to September. This species was recently evaluated as ‘Endangered’ (EN) by Song et al. (2019) . Notes. Due to its standard petal with inflexed auricles and pods with four wings, this species was previously placed in Millettia sect. Fragiliflorae Dunn by Song et al. (2019) , who also pointed out its similarity with Millettia sect. Podocarpae Dunn. But it should be included in the genus Huchimingia by having large, subglobose, scaly buds ( Fig. 3E ), pseudoracemes with very indistinct brachyblasts, two flowers on each brachyblast, conspicuous large bracts (mistakenly described as bracteoles by Song et al. (2019)) , ebracteolate calyx, hollow receptacle, and stipitate ovary and pod ( Fig. 3F ). The systematic position of this species within Huchimingia was also well supported by molecular evidence ( Fig. 1 ). Additional specimens examined. CHINA . Yunnan : Mengla, 780 m , 15 May 1962 , Yan-Hui Li 4100 (HITBC [HITBC0012680], KUN [0618089]), 900 m , 2 Jun 1982 , Exped. 32690 (HITBC [HITBC0013679]), 1000 m , Sep 1992 , Hong Wang 1223 (HITBC [HITBC0013678]), Hong Wang 1246 (HITBC [HITBC0013677]), 995 m , 21 Dec 2017 , Zhu-Qiu Song 2017006 (IBSC), 995 m , 31 Jan 2018 , Kai Zhang 007 (IBSC), 25 Apr 2019 , Bin Yang G2-248 (HITBC), 9 May 2019 , Bin Yang G2-408 (HITBC), 20 Aug 2020 , Zhu-Qiu Song 202038 (IBSC), 30 Mar 2021 , Zhu-Qiu Song 2021014 (IBSC).