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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Saxifraga viridiflora X. J. Zhang, T. Deng, J. T. Chen &amp; H. Sun, sp. nov. A flower, petals 5, greenish B fruit, capsule winged when mature C inflorescence D infructescence E pedicels glandular pubescent; sepals red, glabrous, abaxially white verruculose F adaxial leaf surface dark green, crisped villous G, J abaxial leaf surface scarlet, with white spotted, crisped villous H rhizomes crisped villous, petiole base unsheathed I petiole with crisped villous K, L plants and habitat." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.184.73421.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/601810" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Figs 1</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Photograph of the holotype of Saxifraga viridiflora X. J. Zhang, T. Deng, J. T. Chen &amp; H. Sun, sp. nov. (Zhangx 98, KUN 1519096)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.184.73421.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/601811" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">, 2</figureCitation>
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98
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Saxifraga viridiflora</emphasis>
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is easily distinguished from any other species of
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by having greenish petals (vs. white petals).
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morphologically resembles
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and
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, but is distinct from the latter two in its leaf blade abaxially scarlet with white spots (vs. abaxially greenish/reddish with brown or yellow-green spots), and sepals with verruculose surface (vs. sepals without verruculose surface) (Table
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Figure 1.</emphasis>
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X.J.Zhang, T.Deng, J.T.Chen &amp; H.Sun, sp. nov.
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flower, petals 5, greenish
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fruit, capsule winged when mature
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inflorescence
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infructescence
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pedicels glandular pubescent; sepals red, glabrous, abaxially white verruculose
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adaxial leaf surface dark green, crisped villous
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abaxial leaf surface scarlet, with white spotted, crisped villous
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rhizomes crisped villous, petiole base unsheathed
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petiole with crisped villous
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plants and habitat.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Figure 2.</emphasis>
Photograph of the holotype of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Saxifraga viridiflora</emphasis>
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X.J.Zhang, T.Deng, J.T.Chen &amp; H.Sun, sp. nov. (Zhangx98, KUN1519096).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Table 1.</emphasis>
Diagnostic characters of
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and comparison with other related species of
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.
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<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rowspan="1">
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sp. nov.
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<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Saxifragaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="S. epiphylla" order="Saxifragales" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="epiphylla">
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<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Saxifragaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="S. kegangii" order="Saxifragales" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="kegangii">
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rowspan="1">Foliar embryo</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rowspan="1">absent</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rowspan="1">present</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rowspan="1">absent</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rowspan="1">Leaf shape</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rowspan="1">reniform to orbicular</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rowspan="1">ovate</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rowspan="1">fan-shaped to orbicular</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rowspan="1">Leaf margin</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rowspan="1">shallowly crenate to subentire</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rowspan="1">entire or 8-10-crenate</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rowspan="1">Leaf texture</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rowspan="1">thick leathery to fleshy</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rowspan="1">leathery</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rowspan="1">leathery</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rowspan="1">Abaxial surface of leaf blade</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rowspan="1">gray-green to red, with brown or yellow-green spotted</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rowspan="1">Trichomes on leaf</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rowspan="1">both surfaces glandular hispid</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rowspan="1">Petals</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rowspan="1">white, the base of three smallest petal with yellow spot</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rowspan="1">Sepals</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" rowspan="1">greenish, abaxially and marginally glandular hairy, without verruculose</td>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Description.</paragraph>
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Perennial herbs, 12-30 cm tall. Stolons absent. Rhizomes rather short. Leaves all basal; petiole 5-12 cm long, crisped villous dark-purple (ca. 6 mm); leaf blade reniform, thick leathery, 2.5-4.0 cm long
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3.5-5.3 cm wide, base cordate, margin undulate, apex obtuse, both surfaces crisped villous dark-purple (5.0-9.0 mm long), adaxially greenish, abaxially purple or dark red, with white spots. Inflorescence paniculate, ca. 20 cm long. 5-10-flowered; branches 2.0-3.0 cm long, glandular pubescent, 1-2-flowered; pedicels slender, 1.0-2.0 cm long, glandular pubescent. Flowers zygomorphic; sepals 5, spreading to reflexed, narrowly ovate, 2.5-3.5 mm long
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1.5-2 mm wide, glabrous, abaxially red, with white verruculose, adaxially greenish, 3-5-veined, apex obtuse. Petals 5, greenish, margin entire, glabrous, apex acute; the three smallest lanceolate, 3.0-4.0 mm long
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
1.0-1.2 mm wide, 3-veined; the two largest lanceolate oblong, 0.7-1.4 cm long
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
1.0-1.2 mm wide, 3-veined. Stamens 10, 3.2-4.0 mm long. Ovary ovoid, 1.5-2.0 mm long, disc obscure; styles divergent ca. 1.0-1.8 mm long. Capsule beaks winged when mature, carpels 5-7 mm long
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3-4 mm wide. Seeds elliptic, the two sides slightly bent, ca. 0.6 mm long.
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="19" type="etymology">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="19">
The specific epithet refers to the flowers of this new species that are green throughout the flowering period, differing from those of all other known
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Saxifragaceae" genus="Saxifraga" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Saxifraga subsp. sect." order="Saxifragales" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="section" section="Irregulares">Saxifraga sect. Irregulares</taxonomicName>
species. The Chinese name is given as
<normalizedToken originalValue="“绿花虎耳草”">&quot;绿花虎耳草&quot;</normalizedToken>
(lǜ
<normalizedToken originalValue="huā">hua</normalizedToken>
<normalizedToken originalValue="hǔ"></normalizedToken>
<normalizedToken originalValue="ěr">er</normalizedToken>
<normalizedToken originalValue="cǎo">cǎo</normalizedToken>
), referring to the greenish petals of the new species.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="19" type="phenology">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Phenology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="19">
In a two year personal observation of this new species in its native range, Guangxi. Guilin City (Luo Dexuan, pers. comm.),
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Saxifragaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="S. viridiflora" order="Saxifragales" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="viridiflora">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">S. viridiflora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was flowering from April to July and fruiting from June to August.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="19" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Distribution and ecology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="19">
The new species,
<taxonomicName authorityName="X. J. Zhang, T. Deng, J. T. Chen &amp; H. Sun" authorityYear="2021" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Saxifragaceae" genus="Saxifraga" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Saxifraga viridiflora" order="Saxifragales" pageId="0" pageNumber="19" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="viridiflora">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Saxifraga viridiflora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, is currently known only from Yongfu County, Guangxi Province, China. It was observed to grow on dry limestone under dense jungles at altitudes between 500 and 600 m.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="19" type="paratypes">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="19">Paratypes.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="19">
China. Guangxi. Guilin City, Yongfu County, Baishou Town,
<geoCoordinate degrees="109" direction="east" minutes="46" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="49.3" value="109.780365">109°46'49.3&quot;E</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="25" direction="north" minutes="5" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="16.1" value="25.087807">25°5'16.1&quot;N</geoCoordinate>
, 547 m alt., 10 July 2021,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">X.J. Zhang</emphasis>
,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">L.J. Li</emphasis>
,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">J.Y. Peng</emphasis>
,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">P.R. Luo Deng12030</emphasis>
(KUN); same locality, 575 m alt., 27 June 2021,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">X.J. Zhang</emphasis>
,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="19">D.X. Luo Zhangxj99</emphasis>
(KUN).
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</subSubSection>
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