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, 
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<figureCitation id="FD86C2322EBA49294B3071E1B63426E8" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Digital images of type specimens A Spiradiclis yanii B S. tomentosa C S. villosa." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.247.123867.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1154334">4 Chinese name: yán shì luó xù cǎo (严氏螺序草</figureCitation>
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is most similar to 
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, but is different in being densely villous without knots (vs. densely grey-viscid multicellular tomentose); leaves narrow elliptic or oblanceolate (vs. oblanceolate, obovate or rarely elliptic); apex acute or shortly acuminate (vs. apex cuspidate to rounded); mid-vein flat adaxially and convex abaxially (vs. mid-rib and lateral veins nearly flat on both sides); stipules 2–4, linear or linear lanceolate, 
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, densely villous (vs. stipules persistent, triangular, 
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). At first glance, it also looks similar to 
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). More detailed morphological differences amongst the three species are shown in Table 
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<label id="ADE5D6E81B72A50E99E64EA4AE643013">Figure 1.</label>
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Habitat of 
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on cliffs at the bottom of the sinkhole. Photographed by YN.
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Main morphological differences amongst 
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and 
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<taxonomicName id="5F8465E6FBB2BC69773914D2D5597015" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rubiaceae" genus="Spiradiclis" kingdom="Plantae" order="Gentianales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="villosa">S. villosa</taxonomicName>
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<tr id="82F58EAABBA6A22FE8CDF90C4AFCC852">
<td id="C1882607FEAA9EE552456E16FFA149A9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Plant height</td>
<td id="771197278A133E945FBEE6E1A917B5CB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">5–25 cm</td>
<td id="DC33B0D1F968C55542FDB346109F27BD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3–23 cm</td>
<td id="B8FCDD962B58DA976A23BA067E6A36BC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">30–50 cm</td>
</tr>
<tr id="DFA5E92E2CE3D2B23E159EC6E380CFEA">
<td id="E0DF8915E2391A5E193798A3EC422939" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Stems</td>
<td id="66EB4674ECC87B3E2BF7BA6846578546" colspan="1" rowspan="1">densely multicellular villous</td>
<td id="15F365F4A274098AF3F36D68F328D075" colspan="1" rowspan="1">densely grey-viscid multicellular tomentose</td>
<td id="CE76AA6B6047BBC653CF6D275A372E93" colspan="1" rowspan="1">densely dark brown villous</td>
</tr>
<tr id="5F30BFC841E7A1E5E373F796E2D746A5">
<td id="904F4E06B71D589F6C61349666F60FBA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Leaves</td>
<td id="9A0DF945E71FA72F5926DDEDF9E963F9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">elliptic or oblanceolate, 5–10 × 2–3 cm</td>
<td id="97180A392408B9FD5D70B3CA769EDFA5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">oblanceolate, obovate or rarely elliptic, 3.5–14 × 1.5–5 cm</td>
<td id="B752B706FC5C08CD2871FACF724220CD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">oblong-elliptic or obovate-elliptic, 10–25 × 3–8 cm</td>
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<tr id="8477B0D69BA6DC9067ED27FB6699678B">
<td id="5497EB8966E73E17673B777E06FB2F05" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Pedicel</td>
<td id="5A0CF9F9F828FDB03686A73FB6B38A4B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.5–1 cm</td>
<td id="DADA32742952CDAF74B1AFBA97455234" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.5–4.5 cm</td>
<td id="00EF5DF5810C90E46675BC889CDEBED4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3.5–7 cm</td>
</tr>
<tr id="0F634B4F3D9D4551BBE196B7A2BAF614">
<td id="E0815BA4E6BDC60BDC9C3E82CC014710" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Stipules</td>
<td id="83605E123596FE19BD216274C0B38FFF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2–4, linear or linear lanceolate, 4–8 mm, densely villous</td>
<td id="B8FA4C8F330A54BB3354FBFE746DEAE6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">persistent, triangular, 8–22 mm, tomentose</td>
<td id="35817F05E6A445225C8F8E2842C24B27" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2 - lobed, lobes laciniate, 15–30 mm. densely dark brown villous</td>
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<tr id="FAC08D80090939630EE56E26AAD6EF62">
<td id="BB10DD7664BA91DE44DB974EBF1EC2C7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Corolla tube</td>
<td id="C07AE77AD76A3BEFAFD8EEFB6C94BF36" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3 mm, sparsely pubescent inside</td>
<td id="E519861D234534298062B03F6BF217F1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">6–8 mm, glabrous inside</td>
<td id="87CBCED5CEE707CC104196F92D9189DE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Inflorescences and flowers not seen</td>
</tr>
<tr id="3A6EAED025DC641D70E1454B0F2C8B32">
<td id="28A99776BC7AE87DD2EDFACD8CF404F7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Stamens</td>
<td id="2B4B40FEA76347BA844D220821331F1E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">arising at the base of the tube, not protruding</td>
<td id="39588EC4D7DE1476EDB82B05F7A13685" colspan="1" rowspan="1">arising at the throat of the corolla, slightly protruding</td>
<td id="4ED829B1322B72CAD40F22764DA8A4D0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">–</td>
</tr>
<tr id="B3D13DAA16B28C70CF38AC8A7FA9B717">
<td id="439C98D3DC491F729B7B869500495FBA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Style and stigma</td>
<td id="999ED79C8969A88FB19305F8DCB40770" colspan="1" rowspan="1">style 2–3 mm, lobes ovoid, slightly swollen, 0.2 mm</td>
<td id="97943AD4E9A80F5222B6C18CEC6DF438" colspan="1" rowspan="1">style 6–7 mm, stigma is deeply bifurcated, lobes linear, 1–1.5 mm</td>
<td id="AD81D5BD9795714BCEEA7DF44FABA7D8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">–</td>
</tr>
<tr id="FC918291FC97426579AA6608C7B23C9F">
<td id="6E52DD0D10F8260E4AC0064CB2F04877" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Capsule</td>
<td id="C6BA0194343DF6AC5B28010E7DBF3BB2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">obovate, ca. 1 mm</td>
<td id="F70CD7DCEA066E16B31724FC6B65E539" colspan="1" rowspan="1">subglobose, ca. 2 mm</td>
<td id="61FBD38034B927693263CB5287EABF03" colspan="1" rowspan="1">ovoid, ca. 2 mm</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</paragraph>
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<typeStatus id="6EEEC8751E0EB931B92943AF0A436E95" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
.
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A81B491F4D3B2A2EF5290B1BB4FD2ACF">
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• 
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, alt. 
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, 
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, 
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, 
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(
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) (
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: 
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!; 
<typeStatus id="1633D45B7D20CF286F50ACA38B309272" type="isotype">isotypes</typeStatus>
: 
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!).
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0E2DAE" type="description">
<paragraph id="5705EEA0CBB974A6F0D251F2C32514C8">
<heading id="21F289BC7F3FF83A1639C7CAB4A8A8C8" reason="title">Description.</heading>
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<paragraph id="2F48C3DA41F14A94F73AC5D69B9C48F2">
Perennial herbs, erect, 
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tall, stems cylindrical, 1–2 branches, densely multicellular villous when young, but grabrous when old; Leaves opposite, leaf blade drying membranous, narrow elliptic or oblanceolate, 5–10 × 
<quantity id="ED37C9AAA83D58A8939BC7D553384EBA" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.25" metricValueMax="2.5" metricValueMin="2.0" unit="cm" value="2.25" valueMax="2.5" valueMin="2.0">2–2.5 cm</quantity>
, densely multicellular villous adaxially and abaxially, base cuneate or acute, apex acuminate or shortly acuminate, petiole 
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, densely villous; Mid-vein flat adaxially and convex abaxially, secondary veins 9–14 pairs; Stipules 2–4, linear or linear lanceolate, 
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, densely villous. Inflorescence terminal, paniculiform, peduncles 
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, densely villous, pedicels 
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, bracts linear, 
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; Hypanthium portion turbinate, 
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, calyx lobes 5, linear or narrow lanceolate, 
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; Flower homomorphism, corolla white, lobes 3–5, ovate, 
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, outside sparsely pubescent, glabrous inside, tube 
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, sparsely pubescent inside; Stamens 5, arising at the base of the tube, not protruding, glabrous, filaments 
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, anthers oblong, 
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; top of the ovary 4 - lobed, sparsely pubescent; Ovary 2 - loculed, with many ovules, style 
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, glabrous, stigma 2 - lobed, lobes ovoid, slightly swollen, 
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; Capsule obovate, ca. 
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in diam., valves 4, persistent calyx lobes 
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; Seeds numerous, small and angular.
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<paragraph id="A46A07CA68258ECF494D6FD2B354EE8C">
<label id="81655F565048EDA7BD593B622EEF11CC">Figure 2.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="20EB9695836F8A6A2F44B948D89D423C">
Line drawing of 
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<emphasis id="A3CC6ECE4399799BC472AB1C7B7C5DC7" italics="true">Spiradiclis yanii</emphasis>
Y. Nong &amp; L. Wu
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="2EC93B7CF5A3E2E088CF78F254016218" bold="true">A</emphasis>
flowering branch 
<emphasis id="95C1C743FC19C324544424B0DF8C88E1" bold="true">B</emphasis>
flower 
<emphasis id="37892922128B03436CD6FA2F2415D633" bold="true">C</emphasis>
ovary and stigma 
<emphasis id="CE7EB00D6423B7787E842AE6C108E784" bold="true">D</emphasis>
filaments of stamens and perianth 
<emphasis id="FFE7F096F99719B844E8E9B5AB7C49BE" bold="true">E</emphasis>
capsule 
<emphasis id="7FBAC32D7B7B03485BD10D28F1767EE3" bold="true">F</emphasis>
seeds 
<emphasis id="FC66D92860C736C5D9C7989707DCE85C" bold="true">G</emphasis>
stipules (Drawn by Xin-cheng Qu).
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="EC5117B34CFB1ED3A5B4679FC924A8C0">
<label id="180FCF9F0FF5AF7AC1EA5B452BAC6993">Figure 3.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EC3DE9D9568AFE575EB761352F1BEAFE">
<taxonomicName id="1C744489EA0E9762A8A3183F5ED30536" authority="Y. Nong &amp; L. Wu" authorityName="Y. Nong &amp; L. Wu" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rubiaceae" genus="Spiradiclis" kingdom="Plantae" order="Gentianales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="yanii">
<emphasis id="834CD48780EE4C6382B2F25B45D0D567" italics="true">Spiradiclis yanii</emphasis>
Y. Nong &amp; L. Wu
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="A32A40493EDEB2BD596328505AE30C6B" bold="true">A, B</emphasis>
plant (flowering and fruiting) 
<emphasis id="222AD5E117220028DA76DA1AA701A5D8" bold="true">C</emphasis>
inflorescence (lateral view) 
<emphasis id="7FDF620076A65B7836F309D462A3B69B" bold="true">D</emphasis>
inflorescence (front view, corolla lobes 3–5) 
<emphasis id="6CBBD4962BCBD3EE9AAA3859D7E605F7" bold="true">E</emphasis>
flower (front view) 
<emphasis id="237FC1568DDDF381455BB74AEED9271D" bold="true">F</emphasis>
stamens, ovary and stigma 
<emphasis id="986040F8DA95FD2DBA7AF4408577B898" bold="true">G</emphasis>
infructescence (lateral view) 
<emphasis id="B058E091F35EFD5B44B02C8D7EF3A31F" bold="true">H</emphasis>
calyx and bracts 
<emphasis id="AD0E3A48014B78E036F3E7987C01EA51" bold="true">I</emphasis>
capsule 
<emphasis id="663F106883C84E7510D7C83103D5DABF" bold="true">J</emphasis>
seeds 
<emphasis id="0AAD333D04B9B0078808D42E7558BABE" bold="true">K</emphasis>
leaf (adaxially view) 
<emphasis id="0AFAAE0391E375B99EE78DA50E2DD5F3" bold="true">L</emphasis>
leaf (abaxially view) 
<emphasis id="458409747043280BD589B553A4C427FE" bold="true">M, N</emphasis>
stipules (Photographed by Ke-Jian Yan &amp; You Nong, edited by You Nong).
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EWGAE" type="phenology">
<paragraph id="BEAE803C257F8701F0557E70C60EF280">
<heading id="3ED7866B560649C263C8B8DA694DF5AD" reason="title">Phenology.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D98243DF82C7FDA1393FFD603D0B5216">Flowering and fruiting in February to March.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0E2GAE" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="0E765D8BAEED62F09C9BF63F4871DB63">
<heading id="834543007B51E19481411E60B85494F7" reason="title">Etymology.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9E5079551F1BBC1696CEA716CA53A548">
The new species is named after Mr. Ke-Jian Yan, who worked in 
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Institute of Chinese Medicine &amp; Pharmaceutical Science and made many contributions to 
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, especially in 
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and 
<taxonomicName id="0F0E3ABFCD2FEA47E9295618F99D6CA1" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Lamiaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Lamiales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Lamiaceae</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="A3DB055F923626BF51814BC54AE077E9">
<label id="824F6D7C1B83D45ABB2E126C07D906D3">Figure 4.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="CDC0601B1E650AE03F70DB3409F462BC">
Digital images of type specimens 
<emphasis id="0492973BA44F6A74FFF03BFF4CBC316B" bold="true">A</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="895E299FA33F07E87D1A78C17420A3AE" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rubiaceae" genus="Spiradiclis" kingdom="Plantae" order="Gentianales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="yanii">
<emphasis id="9989CC429BA7C914FF8607196A8327AC" italics="true">Spiradiclis yanii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="170FD869CE234950C4FF62791A8A8EF9" bold="true">B</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="7AEC5D88B34F1C625AC56132CA4A6A11" italics="true">S. tomentosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="FA44D9648284107B79E6FF66C021EFFF" bold="true">C</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B499A464AFF960F622C10838DCCDC025" italics="true">S. villosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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<paragraph id="2B3860B08F6EBECFD63140587872A825">
<heading id="27CF8DCF62D840089958651AE13D8FCC" reason="title">Distribution and habit.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1209FF396492F46354FCEB36D9637AC1">
Known only from the southeast of 
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, 
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. It has been mainly found on cliffs at the bottom of a sinkhole at elevations of 
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.
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<subSubSection id="SECID0EEJAE" type="IUCN red list category">
<paragraph id="442C630B3C0F689C4E487E57B8D1D9AD">
<heading id="6DD6080A0A4D53BFDC77758C2E13C031" reason="title">IUCN red list category.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3FCBE3648DFE4E3AC1DF0695236AE912">
Data available for the new species are still insufficient to assess its conservation status. According to the IUCN Criteria (
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), it is considered Data Deficient (
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) until more information becomes available. Although 
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<emphasis id="B76E4844F5F56E4D40416EDF65BD307B" italics="true">S. yanii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
currently has relatively good growth, further collection and monitoring are necessary to allow more conclusive estimations about the rarity and vulnerability of the species. Therefore, special attention should be given to the conservation of the new species of 
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<emphasis id="9E85F7A5099A34892162053E9D3617B3" italics="true">Spiradiclis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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<paragraph id="0741F4968590BA81399701D37C685789">
<heading id="D3506BE78C3623BDFFC12954F1704A0E" reason="title">Additional specimen.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F8339DB4117D74FA4D00AC52CE3ACA75">
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• Southeast 
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: 
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, 
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, 
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<collectorName id="9B622A2E0A3372BF850BC83122B0E77B">J. C. Yang</collectorName>
&amp; 
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(
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!)
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; 
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, 
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<emphasis id="E1A1A5FD90C1A4CC284B8D6357EF5786" italics="true">
<collectorName id="5DF3ACE032443DF888D6DA6008982B02">Y Nong</collectorName>
NY 2024031401
</emphasis>
(
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!)
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.
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<paragraph id="C6B8B07794FD65830043CA3C2DFD6640">
<label id="A11EEB2D7B9DFBF21923E797FE4821FD">Figure 5.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="DBC259A0AAEF9E0821C1B63692708893">
The distribution of 
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<emphasis id="057F204D79D3974AD77FDB67697660BE" italics="true">Spiradiclis yanii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(red circle) in Guangxi, China.
</paragraph>
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