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<mods:namePart>Qiu, Jing</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Qi, Qi</mods:namePart>
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<taxonomicName LSID="14E996F8-5A8A-84EE-749E-6AFF18342750" authority="Xin Chen &amp; Jing Qiu" authorityName="Xin Chen &amp; Jing Qiu" authorityYear="2019" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rosaceae" genus="Sorbus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Sorbus lushanensis" order="Rosales" pageId="1" pageNumber="98" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lushanensis" status="sp. n.">Sorbus lushanensis Xin Chen &amp; Jing Qiu</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Holotype of Sorbus lushanensis sp. n. Scanned by Xiaochen Zhang." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.119.32148.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/277389" pageId="1" pageNumber="98">Figures 1</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Sorbus lushanensis sp. n. A habit (A plant at Wulao Peak, Lushan National Park, Jiangxi province) B flowering branch and leaves (from the plant of type specimen) C young inflorescence (from the same plant as habit)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.119.32148.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/277390" pageId="1" pageNumber="98">, 2</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Sorbus lushanensis sp. n. A flower branch and leaves B flower C petal D styles E stamens F fruit G seed. Drawn by Yuxuan Bao." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.119.32148.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/277391" pageId="1" pageNumber="98">, 3</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="98">Type.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="98">
China. Jiangxi: Lushan City, Lushan National Park, Xianren Cave, 993 m alt., 
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, 
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, 05 May 2018, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="98">J. Qiu 1219</emphasis>
(holotype NF-2005029!; isotypes NF-2005027!, NF-2005028!, NF-2005030!, NF-2005031!, NF-2005032!, NF-2005033!, NF-2005034!, NF-2005035!)
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<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="98">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="98">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Xin Chen &amp; Jing Qiu" authorityYear="2019" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rosaceae" genus="Sorbus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Sorbus lushanensis" order="Rosales" pageId="1" pageNumber="98" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lushanensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="98">Sorbus lushanensis</emphasis>
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is morphologically most similar to 
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. folgneri" pageId="1" pageNumber="98" rank="species" species="folgneri">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="98">S. folgneri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(C. K. Schneid.) Rehd., but differs by its leaf blade abaxially greenish-grey tomentose, stipules smaller, pedicels longer, petals larger and styles glabrous.
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<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="98">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph lastPageId="2" lastPageNumber="99" pageId="1" pageNumber="98">
Tree up to 12 m tall, 14.6 cm in DBH; bole straight, bark grey to dark grey, smooth when young, with fissures, particularly at the base of trunk when mature. Branchlets greyish-brown, sparsely tomentose when young, glabrous or glabrescent at maturity, with pale brown to ochraceous lenticels. Buds turbinate or ovoid, pointed; scales reddish-brown, with white pubescent along margins. Leaves simple; stipules scale-like, 1-1.5 mm long, early deciduous; petiole (9 
<normalizedToken originalValue="–)13–">-)13-</normalizedToken>
16 (-19) mm long, greenish-grey tomentose; blades elliptic to broadly ovate, 5.9-9.2 cm long, (3 
<normalizedToken originalValue="–)4–">-)4-</normalizedToken>
5.6 cm wide, base cuneate to subcordate, apex acute to shortly acuminate, margin serrate to double serrate, densely greenish-grey tomentose abaxially, sparsely white tomentulose when young, gradually glabrous or glabrescent adaxially; venation craspedodromous, secondary veins 11-16 pairs, slightly impressed adaxially, raised abaxially. Inflorescence a compound corymb, terminal or axillary in the terminal 1-3 leaves, loosely 11 
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26)-flowered; peduncles 3.9-6 cm long, pedicels 9.4-18.6 mm long, both sparsely white vilous. Flowers 12.5-14.2 mm in diam.; hypanthium campanulate, sparsely white vilous abaxially; sepals triangular-ovate, apex acute, 2.3-3.1 mm long, 2-2.9 mm wide, white vilous on both sides; petals white, broadly ovate or sub-rounded, apex obtuse, 5.9-7.1 mm long, 4-6.1 mm wide, glabrous, with a short claw at base. Stamens 17-20, 4.9-6.2 mm long, filaments whitish, anthers cream white to slightly yellow. Ovary 2-loculed, white tomentose apically. Styles 2, 3.1-4.6 mm long, connate to 1/3-1/2 of their length, glabrous. Infructescence glabrous, with numerous 
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. Fruit orange-red, oblong to ovoid-oblong, 7.8-11.3 mm long, 4.2-7 mm in diam., 2-loculed, sparsely lenticellate, with an annular scar of the deciduous sepals and white tomentose inside it apically. Seeds brown, 5.46-6.48 mm long, 2.88-3.62 mm in diam., 2.04-2.72 mm thick.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="99">Figure 1.</emphasis>
Holotype of 
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sp. n. Scanned by Xiaochen Zhang.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="99">Figure 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="99">Sorbus lushanensis</emphasis>
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sp. n. 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="99">A</emphasis>
habit (A plant at Wulao Peak, Lushan National Park, Jiangxi province) 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="99">B</emphasis>
flowering branch and leaves (from the plant of type specimen) 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="99">C</emphasis>
young inflorescence (from the same plant as habit).
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="99">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="99">Figure 3.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="99">Sorbus lushanensis</emphasis>
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sp. n. 
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flower branch and leaves 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="99">B</emphasis>
flower 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="99">C</emphasis>
petal 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="99">D</emphasis>
styles 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="99">E</emphasis>
stamens 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="99">F</emphasis>
fruit 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="99">G</emphasis>
seed. Drawn by Yuxuan Bao.
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="99">Phenology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="99">Flowering from late April to early May, fruiting from September to October.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="2" pageNumber="99" type="etymology">
<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="99">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="99">
The name 
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&quot; 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="99">lushanensis</emphasis>
&quot;
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refers to the type locality, Lushan Mountain, Jiangxi Province, China.
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="99">Vernacular name.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="99">
<normalizedToken originalValue="庐山花楸">庐山花楸</normalizedToken>
(lu shan hua qiu).
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="99">Distribution, ecology and conservation status.</paragraph>
<paragraph lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="101" pageId="3" pageNumber="100">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="100">
<pageBreakToken pageId="3" pageNumber="100" start="start">Sorbus</pageBreakToken>
lushanensis
</emphasis>
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is presently known only from Anhui and Jiangxi provinces (Figure 
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). It was observed growing in broad-leaved and mixed conifer broad-leaved forests at altitudes between 853 m 
<pageBreakToken pageId="4" pageNumber="101" start="start">and</pageBreakToken>
1354 m, together with 
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. alnifolia" pageId="4" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="alnifolia">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="101">S. alnifolia</emphasis>
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(Siebold &amp; Zucc.) K. Koch and 
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. folgneri" pageId="4" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="folgneri">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="101">S. folgneri</emphasis>
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from the same genus and 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="101">Pinus taiwanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Hayata, 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Franch" authorityYear="1899" class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Betulaceae" genus="Carpinus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" infraspecific-rank="var." kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Carpinus cordata var. chinensis" order="Fagales" pageId="4" pageNumber="101" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="variety" species="cordata" variety="chinensis">Carpinus cordata var. chinensis</taxonomicName>
Franch., 
<taxonomicName authority="subsp. chinensis" class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Cornaceae" genus="Cornus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" infraspecific-rank="subsp." kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Cornus kousa" order="Umbelliflorae" pageId="4" pageNumber="101" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="kousa" subspecies="chinensis">Cornus kousa subsp. chinensis</taxonomicName>
(Osborn) Q. Y. Xiang, 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="101">Cyclobalanopsis glauca</emphasis>
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(Thunb.) Oerst., 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Roxb" authorityYear="1820" class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Oleaceae" genus="Fraxinus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Fraxinus chinensis" order="Oleales" pageId="4" pageNumber="101" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="chinensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="101">Fraxinus chinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Roxb., 
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Lauraceae" genus="Litsea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Litsea elongata" order="Magnoliales" pageId="4" pageNumber="101" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="elongata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="101">Litsea elongata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Nees ex Wall.) Benth. &amp; Hook. f., 
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Rosaceae" genus="Prunus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Prunus serrulata" order="Rosales" pageId="4" pageNumber="101" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="serrulata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="101">Prunus serrulata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Lindl. etc. Its natural habitat is at core Lushan National Park and Tiantangzhai National Nature Reserve, which are perfectly protected. No threats were identified though only about 26 individuals were found along the collection routes. The diameter of individuals ranged from 1.5 to 14.6 cm, denoting the species regenerated well naturally. Adequate data on its distribution and population status need to be further collected for we investigated just along the tourist route without entering the inner forest. At present, we assign the conservation status of 
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. lushanensis" pageId="4" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="lushanensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="101">S. lushanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as &quot;Data Deficient (DD)&quot; following the IUCN Red List Criteria and Categories (
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).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="101">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="101">Figure 4.</emphasis>
Geographic distribution of 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Xin Chen &amp; Jing Qiu" authorityYear="2019" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rosaceae" genus="Sorbus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Sorbus lushanensis" order="Rosales" pageId="4" pageNumber="101" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lushanensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="101">Sorbus lushanensis</emphasis>
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sp. n. Drawn by Junsheng Shu.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="102" pageId="4" pageNumber="101" type="additional specimens examined">
<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="101">Additional specimens examined.</paragraph>
<paragraph lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="102" pageId="4" pageNumber="101">
China. Anhui: 
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City, Tiantangzhai National Nature Reserve, 853 m alt., 
<geoCoordinate degrees="31" direction="north" minutes="09" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="00.84" value="31.150232">31°09'00.84&quot;N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="115" direction="east" minutes="46" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="07.39" value="115.76872">115°46'07.39&quot;E</geoCoordinate>
, 8 May 2015, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="101">W. Du</emphasis>
&amp; 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="101">F. Wang 0125</emphasis>
(NF). Jiangxi: Lushan City, Lushan National Park, Wulao Peak, 1354 m alt., 
<geoCoordinate degrees="29" direction="north" minutes="32" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="52.23" value="29.547842">29°32'52.23&quot;N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="116" direction="east" minutes="00" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="47.78" value="116.013275">116°00'47.78&quot;E</geoCoordinate>
, 14 May 2016, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="101">X. Chen, X. X. Fu</emphasis>
&amp; 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="101">Q. L. Liu 0285</emphasis>
(NF); Wulao Peak, 1334 m alt., 
<geoCoordinate degrees="29" direction="north" minutes="33" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="04.00" value="29.551111">29°33'04.00&quot;N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="116" direction="east" minutes="00" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="56.31" value="116.01564">116°00'56.31&quot;E</geoCoordinate>
, 14 May 2016, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="101">X. Chen, X. X. Fu</emphasis>
&amp; 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="101">Q. L. Liu 0289</emphasis>
(NF); Wulao Peak, 1246 m alt., 
<geoCoordinate degrees="29" direction="north" minutes="33" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="14.84" value="29.554121">29°33'14.84&quot;N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="116" direction="east" minutes="00" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="57.31" value="116.01592">116°00'57.31&quot;E</geoCoordinate>
, 14 May 2016, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="101">X. Chen, X. X. Fu</emphasis>
&amp; 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="101">Q. L. Liu 0298</emphasis>
(NF); Wulao Peak, 1210 m alt., 
<geoCoordinate degrees="29" direction="north" minutes="33" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="17.49" value="29.554857">29°33'17.49&quot;N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="116" direction="east" minutes="00" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="54.14" value="116.01504">116°00'54.14&quot;E</geoCoordinate>
, 14 
<pageBreakToken pageId="5" pageNumber="102" start="start">May</pageBreakToken>
2016, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">X. Chen, X. X. Fu</emphasis>
&amp; 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">Q. L. Liu 0302</emphasis>
(NF); Wulao Peak, 982 m alt., 
<geoCoordinate degrees="29" direction="north" minutes="33" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="16.12" value="29.554478">29°33'16.12&quot;N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="116" direction="east" minutes="00" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="49.56" value="116.01376">116°00'49.56&quot;E</geoCoordinate>
, 14 May 2016, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">X. Chen, X. X. Fu</emphasis>
&amp; 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">Q. L. Liu 031</emphasis>
6 (NF); Wulao Peak, 1234 m alt., 
<geoCoordinate degrees="29" direction="north" minutes="33" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="15.88" value="29.55441">29°33'15.88&quot;N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="116" direction="east" minutes="00" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="56.26" value="116.015625">116°00'56.26&quot;E</geoCoordinate>
, 25 April 2015, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">X. Chen</emphasis>
&amp; 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">W. Du 0069</emphasis>
(NF); Wulao Peak, 1089 m alt., 
<geoCoordinate degrees="29" direction="north" minutes="33" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="23.85" value="29.556623">29°33'23.85&quot;N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="116" direction="east" minutes="00" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="48.32" value="116.01342">116°00'48.32&quot;E</geoCoordinate>
, 10 May 2015, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">W. Du</emphasis>
&amp; 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">F.wang 0085</emphasis>
(NF); Wulao Peak, 1306 m alt., 
<geoCoordinate degrees="29" direction="north" minutes="32" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="52.74" value="29.547983">29°32'52.74&quot;N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="116" direction="east" minutes="00" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="40.44" value="116.01123">116°00'40.44&quot;E</geoCoordinate>
, 15 October 2015, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">X. Chen, W. Q. Liu</emphasis>
; 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">M. W. Geng 0154</emphasis>
(NF); Wulao Peak, 1101 m alt., 
<geoCoordinate degrees="29" direction="north" minutes="33" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="19.14" value="29.555315">29°33'19.14&quot;N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="116" direction="east" minutes="00" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="49.64" value="116.01379">116°00'49.64&quot;E</geoCoordinate>
, 15 October 2015, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">X. chen, W. Q. Liu</emphasis>
&amp; 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">M. W. Geng 0155</emphasis>
(NF); Wulao Peak, 1310 m alt., 
<geoCoordinate degrees="29" direction="north" minutes="32" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="58.59" value="29.549608">29°32'58.59&quot;N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="116" direction="east" minutes="00" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="46.29" value="116.012856">116°00'46.29&quot;E</geoCoordinate>
, 15 October 2015, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">X. chen, W. Q. Liu</emphasis>
&amp; 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">M. W. Geng 0157</emphasis>
(NF); Sandie Spring, 1021 m alt., 
<geoCoordinate degrees="29" direction="north" minutes="33" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="36.10" value="29.560026">29°33'36.10&quot;N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="116" direction="east" minutes="00" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="49.59" value="116.01378">116°00'49.59&quot;E</geoCoordinate>
, 25 April 2015, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">X. Chen</emphasis>
&amp; 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">W. Du 0063</emphasis>
(NF); Sandie Spring, 927 m alt., 
<geoCoordinate degrees="29" direction="north" minutes="33" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="49.98" value="29.563883">29°33'49.98&quot;N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="116" direction="east" minutes="00" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="56.31" value="116.01564">116°00'56.31&quot;E</geoCoordinate>
, 25 April 2015, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">X. chen</emphasis>
&amp; 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">W. Du 0064</emphasis>
(NF); Sandie Spring, 897 m alt., 
<geoCoordinate degrees="29" direction="north" minutes="33" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="52.56" value="29.5646">29°33'52.56&quot;N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="116" direction="east" minutes="01" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="19.04" value="116.02196">116°01'19.04&quot;E</geoCoordinate>
, 15 October 2015, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">X. Chen, W. Q. Liu</emphasis>
&amp; 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">M. W. Geng 0156</emphasis>
(NF); Sandie Spring, 983 m alt., 
<geoCoordinate degrees="29" direction="north" minutes="33" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="35.62" value="29.559895">29°33'35.62&quot;N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="116" direction="east" minutes="00" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="49.31" value="116.013695">116°00'49.31&quot;E</geoCoordinate>
, 15 October 2015, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">X. Chen, W. Q. Liu</emphasis>
&amp; 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">M. W. Geng 0158</emphasis>
(NF); Xianren Cave, 987 m alt., 
<geoCoordinate degrees="29" direction="north" minutes="34" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="06.06" value="29.568352">29°34'06.06&quot;N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="115" direction="east" minutes="57" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="42.78" value="115.96188">115°57'42.78&quot;E</geoCoordinate>
, 14 May 2016, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">X. Chen</emphasis>
, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">X. X. Fu</emphasis>
&amp; 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">Q. L. Liu 0267</emphasis>
(NF).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="103" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" type="siscussion">
<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="102">Discussion.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="102">
Morphological characters, such as sepals persistent or deciduous, leaves glabrous or with white or brown hair, venation craspedodromous or camptodromous, styles free or connate, are of taxonomic significance and useful in classification and delimitation of simple-leaved 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rosaceae" genus="Sorbus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Sorbus" order="Rosales" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">Sorbus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
taxa (
<bibRefCitation author="Hedlund, T" journalOrPublisher="Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar" pageId="7" pageNumber="104" pagination="1 - 147" publicationUrl="https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34434617" refId="B3" refString="Hedlund, T, 1901. Monographie der Gattung Sorbus. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 35: 1 - 147, https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34434617" title="Monographie der Gattung Sorbus." url="https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34434617" volume="35" year="1901">Hedlund 1901</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation author="Yu, TT" journalOrPublisher="Science Press, Beijing" pageId="7" pageNumber="104" publicationUrl="http://frps.eflora.cn/frps/sorbus" refId="B7" refString="Yu, TT, Lu, LT, 1974. Spiraea, Dichotomanthes, Cotoneaster, Sorbus, Chaenomeles. In: Yu TT (Ed.) Flora Republicae Popularis Sinicae 36. Science Press, Beijing, http://frps.eflora.cn/frps/sorbus" title="Spiraea, Dichotomanthes, Cotoneaster, Sorbus, Chaenomeles. In: Yu TT (Ed.) Flora Republicae Popularis Sinicae 36." url="http://frps.eflora.cn/frps/sorbus" year="1974">Yu and Lu 1974</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation author="Gabrielian, E" journalOrPublisher="Systematic Botany Monographs" pageId="7" pageNumber="104" refId="B2" refString="Gabrielian, E, 1978. The genus Sorbus L. in Eastern Asia and the Himalayas. Yerevan: Armenian Academy of Sciences, 264 pp. [62 pls; in Russian, with English summary]" title="The genus Sorbus L. in Eastern Asia and the Himalayas. Yerevan: Armenian Academy of Sciences, 264 pp. [62 pls; in Russian, with English summary]" year="1978">Gabrielian 1978</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation author="Lu, LT" editor="Wu, ZY" journalOrPublisher="9. Rosaceae. Science Press, Beijing; Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis" pageId="7" pageNumber="104" pagination="144 - 170" publicationUrl="http://foc.eflora.cn/content.aspx?TaxonId=130718" refId="B4" refString="Lu, LT, Spongberg, SA, 2003. Sorbus Linnaeus. In: Wu, ZY, Raven, PH, Hong, DY, Eds., Flora of China, vol. 9. Rosaceae. Science Press, Beijing; Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis: 144 - 170, http://foc.eflora.cn/content.aspx?TaxonId=130718" title="Sorbus Linnaeus." url="http://foc.eflora.cn/content.aspx?TaxonId=130718" volumeTitle="Flora of China, vol." year="2003">Lu and Spongberg 2003</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation author="Aldasoro, JJ" journalOrPublisher="Systematic Botany Monographs" pageId="7" pageNumber="104" pagination="1 - 148" publicationUrl="http://www.jstor.org/stable/25027918" refId="B1" refString="Aldasoro, JJ, Aedo, C, Garmendia, FM, de la Hoz, FP, Navarro, C, 2004. Revision of Sorbus Subgenera Aria and Torminaria (Rosaceae - Maloideae). Systematic Botany Monographs 69: 1 - 148, DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/25027918" title="Revision of Sorbus Subgenera Aria and Torminaria (Rosaceae - Maloideae)." url="http://www.jstor.org/stable/25027918" volume="69" year="2004">Aldasoro et al. 2004</bibRefCitation>
). In the latest revision of simple-leaved species of 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rosaceae" genus="Sorbus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Sorbus" order="Rosales" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">Sorbus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation author="Aldasoro, JJ" journalOrPublisher="Systematic Botany Monographs" pageId="7" pageNumber="104" pagination="1 - 148" publicationUrl="http://www.jstor.org/stable/25027918" refId="B1" refString="Aldasoro, JJ, Aedo, C, Garmendia, FM, de la Hoz, FP, Navarro, C, 2004. Revision of Sorbus Subgenera Aria and Torminaria (Rosaceae - Maloideae). Systematic Botany Monographs 69: 1 - 148, DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/25027918" title="Revision of Sorbus Subgenera Aria and Torminaria (Rosaceae - Maloideae)." url="http://www.jstor.org/stable/25027918" volume="69" year="2004">Aldasoro et al. 2004</bibRefCitation>
), species in China are assigned to one subgenus and five sections. The new species is morphologically a member of 
<taxonomicName authority="Persoon" infraspecific-rank="sect." lsidName="S." pageId="5" pageNumber="102" rank="section" section="Alnifoliae" subGenus="Aria">S. subg. Aria Persoon sect. Alnifoliae</taxonomicName>
(Yu) Aldasoro et al., for it shares the common characters of this section, such as craspedodromous venation, spreading and white petals, coalescent styles and red pomes. 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rosaceae" genus="Sorbus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" infraspecific-rank="sect." kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Sorbus" order="Rosales" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="section" section="Alnifoliae">Sorbus sect. Alnifoliae</taxonomicName>
contains five species: 
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. alnifolia" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" rank="species" species="alnifolia">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">S. alnifolia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. japonica" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" rank="species" species="japonica">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">S. japonica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Decne.) Hedl., 
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. zahlbruckneri" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" rank="species" species="zahlbruckneri">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">S. zahlbruckneri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
C. K. Schneid., 
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. yuana" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" rank="species" species="yuana">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">S. yuana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Spongberg and 
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. folgneri" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" rank="species" species="folgneri">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">S. folgneri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, mainly distributed in China, Japan and Korea (
<bibRefCitation author="Aldasoro, JJ" journalOrPublisher="Systematic Botany Monographs" pageId="7" pageNumber="104" pagination="1 - 148" publicationUrl="http://www.jstor.org/stable/25027918" refId="B1" refString="Aldasoro, JJ, Aedo, C, Garmendia, FM, de la Hoz, FP, Navarro, C, 2004. Revision of Sorbus Subgenera Aria and Torminaria (Rosaceae - Maloideae). Systematic Botany Monographs 69: 1 - 148, DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/25027918" title="Revision of Sorbus Subgenera Aria and Torminaria (Rosaceae - Maloideae)." url="http://www.jstor.org/stable/25027918" volume="69" year="2004">Aldasoro et al. 2004</bibRefCitation>
). The new species is morphologically similar to 
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. folgneri" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" rank="species" species="folgneri">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">S. folgneri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in leaf form (Figure 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Leaf abaxial surface of A Sorbus lushanensis and B S. folgneri, show the similar of leaf form and the differences of hairs." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.119.32148.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/277393" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">5</figureCitation>
) and the difference between the two species is summarised in Table 
<tableCitation captionStart="Table 1" captionStartId="T1" captionText="Table 1. Comparison of main features separating S. lushanensis and S. folgneri." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/C8431DFF785E52AD64CB9856D7861692" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" tableUuid="C8431DFF785E52AD64CB9856D7861692">1</tableCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<caption ID-Zenodo-Dep="2622433" doi="10.3897/phytokeys.119.32148.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/277393" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" start="Figure 5" startId="F5">
<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="102">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">Figure 5.</emphasis>
Leaf abaxial surface of 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">A</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Xin Chen &amp; Jing Qiu" authorityYear="2019" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rosaceae" genus="Sorbus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Sorbus lushanensis" order="Rosales" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lushanensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">Sorbus lushanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">B</emphasis>
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. folgneri" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" rank="species" species="folgneri">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">S. folgneri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, show the similar of leaf form and the differences of hairs.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption ID-Table-UUID="C8431DFF785E52AD64CB9856D7861692" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/C8431DFF785E52AD64CB9856D7861692" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" start="Table 1" startId="T1">
<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="102">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">Table 1.</emphasis>
Comparison of main features separating 
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. lushanensis" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" rank="species" species="lushanensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">S. lushanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. folgneri" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" rank="species" species="folgneri">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">S. folgneri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="102">
<table pageId="5" pageNumber="102">
<tr pageId="5" pageNumber="102">
<td colspan="1" isEmpty="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. lushanensis" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" rank="species" species="lushanensis">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">S. lushanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. folgneri" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" rank="species" species="folgneri">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">S. folgneri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="5" pageNumber="102">
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" rowspan="1">Leaf blade</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" rowspan="1">denssely greenish-grey-tomentose abaxially</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" rowspan="1">densely white-tomentose abaxially</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="5" pageNumber="102">
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" rowspan="1">Stipule</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" rowspan="1">scale-like, 1-1.5 mm long</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" rowspan="1">lanceolate, 3-4.5 mm long</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="5" pageNumber="102">
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" rowspan="1">Petiole</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" rowspan="1">sparsely greenish-grey-tomentose</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" rowspan="1">densely white-tomentose</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="5" pageNumber="102">
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" rowspan="1">Inflorescence</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" rowspan="1">sparsely white vilous</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" rowspan="1">densely white tomentose</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="5" pageNumber="102">
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" rowspan="1">Pedicel</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" rowspan="1">9.4-18.6 mm long</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" rowspan="1">5-8 mm long</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="5" pageNumber="102">
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" rowspan="1">Petal</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" rowspan="1">
5.9-7.1 
<normalizedToken originalValue="mm×">mmx</normalizedToken>
4-6.1 mm
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" rowspan="1">
5-5.8 
<normalizedToken originalValue="mm×">mmx</normalizedToken>
2.5-4.2 mm
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="5" pageNumber="102">
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" rowspan="1">Style</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" rowspan="1">glabrous</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" rowspan="1">tomentose basally</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<paragraph lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="103" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Xin Chen &amp; Jing Qiu" authorityYear="2019" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rosaceae" genus="Sorbus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Sorbus lushanensis" order="Rosales" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lushanensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">Sorbus lushanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and the two sympatric species, 
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. alnifolia" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" rank="species" species="alnifolia">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">S. alnifolia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. folgneri" pageId="5" pageNumber="102" rank="species" species="folgneri">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="102">S. folgneri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are all diploid (2n=2x=34) sexual species (Chen et al. unpubl. data). Our preliminary 
<pageBreakToken pageId="6" pageNumber="103" start="start">molecular</pageBreakToken>
work, based on two chloroplast gene fragments, atpB-rbcL and trnL and four nuclear gene fragments, GBSSI, PGIP, PPO and WD, resolved that 
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. lushanensis" pageId="6" pageNumber="103" rank="species" species="lushanensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="103">S. lushanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
formed as sister to 
<taxonomicName infraspecific-rank="var." lsidName="S. alnifolia var. angulata" pageId="6" pageNumber="103" rank="variety" species="alnifolia" variety="angulata">S. alnifolia var. angulata</taxonomicName>
S. B. Liang and they two together were resolved as sister to 
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. folgneri" pageId="6" pageNumber="103" rank="species" species="folgneri">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="103">S. folgneri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, suggesting that 
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. lushanensis" pageId="6" pageNumber="103" rank="species" species="lushanensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="103">S. lushanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is not most closely related to 
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. folgneri" pageId="6" pageNumber="103" rank="species" species="folgneri">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="103">S. folgneri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Chen et al. unpubl. data). The new species can be distinguished from the other five species by its abaxially greenish-grey tomentose laminae.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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