Vincetoxicum (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae) in Taiwan: Two new combinations and a new record
Author
Hsu, Tian-Chuan
0000-0002-2612-1885
Botanic Garden Division, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, Taipei 100, Taiwan.
lecanorchis@gmail.com
Author
Huang, Wei-Jie
0000-0001-7085-0586
Botanic Garden Division, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, Taipei 100, Taiwan.
wjhuang1991@gmail.com
Author
Chung, Shih-Wen
0000-0002-5669-4406
Botanic Garden Division, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, Taipei 100, Taiwan.
biflora@gmail.com
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Phytotaxa
2021
2021-01-06
478
2
287
290
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.478.2.11
journal article
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10.11646/phytotaxa.478.2.11
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A
key
to the species is also provided as below to aid their identification.
1. Stems erect; peduncles shorter than
1 cm
..........................................................................................................
Vincetoxicum atratum
- Stems twining or prostrate; peduncles longer than
2 cm
...................................................................................................................2.
2. Stems prostrate; leaves nearly orbicular....................................................................................................................
Vincetoxicum sui
- Stems twining; leaves linear-lanceolate to ovate...............................................................................................................................3.
3. Corolla lobes oblong-lanceolate,
6–10 mm
long...............................................................................................................................4.
- Corolla lobes ovate,
2–4 mm
long.....................................................................................................................................................5.
4. Stems puberulent along two lines; leaves sparsely puberulent on main veins and along margin, otherwise glabrous; corolla yellow-white .....................................................................................................................................................................
Vincetoxicum fordii
- Stems and leaves uniformly pubescent; corolla purple or at least purplish at base ...................................
Vincetoxicum mooreanum
5. Leaves obtuse to rounded at base, subtrinerved; calyx with 5 colleters inside ................................................
Vincetoxicum oshimae
- Leaves rounded to subcorded at base, pinnately veined; calyx without colleters .............................................................................6.
6. Plant glabrous except for very young stems................................................................................................
Vincetoxicum taiwanense
- Plants variously hairy ........................................................................................................................................................................7.
7. Leaves lanceolate,
0.8–2.1 cm
wide, usually> 3× as long as broad.................................................................................................8.
- Leaves ovate, 1.5–4.0 cm wide, usually <3× as long as broad.........................................................................................................9.
8. Peduncles and pedicels pubescent .................................................................................................................
Vincetoxicum insulicola
- Peduncles and pedicels glabrous ...............................................................................................................................
Vincetoxicum lui
9. Stems densely pubescent; leaves pubescent on both surfaces.........................................................................
Vincetoxicum hirsutum
- Stems sparsely pubescent; leaves glabrescent...................................................................................................
Vincetoxicum brownii