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Morphologically,
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, Figs
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for a detailed comparison.
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transverse section of pome
<emphasis id="8F0AC49FF7888D802777C239A5184021" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">L</emphasis>
pyrenes. Illustration by Zhengmeng Yang based on living field-collected materials (
<emphasis id="37ACF07F1D52511FDC480A5E0FE937D8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Q. Fan &amp; M.W. Li 14925</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="47C05C76394C3F4F225D9B17015B0E5F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">M.W. Li 20230617007</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="E12479B2E817B2A3B35E2C63D845CC76" doi="10.3897/phytokeys.236.111819.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/942350" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" start="Figure 2" startId="F2">
<paragraph id="6F6ED9142B96FB7D73E69BC46DFDDD60" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">
<emphasis id="579CDA77A5F0D6632E5F3A9E6A65B4AA" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Figure 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="D747298BCBD57E93ACCB497FECE5F04C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Cotoneaster densiflorus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
<emphasis id="CECEB5F936479B28B00173F0D011AA5D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">A</emphasis>
habitat
<emphasis id="6A2D095F8761AC791659958E5262E70C" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">B</emphasis>
habit
<emphasis id="838A79399358BE957F84E50C7596DC07" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">C</emphasis>
branchlets
<emphasis id="8DDA26507F4D48FF1240B52D752DF3ED" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">D</emphasis>
petal, stamen, style, and vertical section of flower
<emphasis id="D5C6CBAFF395CD25C87577B641483C88" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">E</emphasis>
ovate-lanceolate to obovate shape of leaves
<emphasis id="931ED36A7CAB0E5B6D9CC4EDF5520BE0" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">F</emphasis>
leaf, abaxial surface
<emphasis id="4500469113DC4B6968E078F0E09E4A12" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">G</emphasis>
2 pyrenes per fruit
<emphasis id="283758C1F9E0297A4259DEA283B3EBCF" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">H</emphasis>
inflorescence
<emphasis id="30BC104268C25AA9BFB46418B462E7DE" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">I</emphasis>
fruiting branch.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="3E38F69AA75C94BD0C8E899711664489" ID-Table-UUID="3E38F69AA75C94BD0C8E899711664489" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/3E38F69AA75C94BD0C8E899711664489" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" start="Table 2" startId="T2">
<paragraph id="706813B225CD6C72CA2820BE91DB3815" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">
<emphasis id="C2B7767455BDC6645DF70C64B36C6E09" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Table 2.</emphasis>
Diagnostic macro-morphological characteristic of
<taxonomicName id="C8714CEA0D47CC547E7AB8F180C990AF" authorityName="M. W. Li, Q. Fan &amp; W. B. Liao" authorityYear="2023" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rosaceae" genus="Cotoneaster" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Cotoneaster densiflorus" order="Rosales" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="densiflorus">
<emphasis id="C76DF9FE698FD0449A1BEE885FF34B0D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Cotoneaster densiflorus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="ACF8CEBAB9EE60A84A0F354E5887369B" lsidName="C. salicifolius" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rank="species" species="salicifolius">
<emphasis id="3FE6B5FA5A201253099267D68F94E7DD" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">C. salicifolius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="54741D1558DD1DC62E5F1FDE0BA8436B" lsidName="C. rhytidophyllus" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rank="species" species="rhytidophyllus">
<emphasis id="AE987F276DA9C763C5453262E32B91B8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">C. rhytidophyllus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="5B77E66482189B96465F394EFB374528" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">
<table id="A86C6885A455475A48D8506014734F1D" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">
<tr id="C7B3D5C4477B0BFD320FB73B3280DAFE" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">
<th id="1C118B8F18BDDD0369C1E8AF121AE85C" colspan="1" isEmpty="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">-</th>
<th id="08CE978187B3770431D4F8BE2D6DFEDA" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="AF1AF5E8DD18D0A34BEF2950E11D48ED" lsidName="C. densiflorus" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rank="species" species="densiflorus">
<emphasis id="A6942E8691072A7F9A9E595372EE242F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">C. densiflorus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="5DEC39DE6B30249C1583678182D6BA8F" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="2259C794A1D622FB0AE0CE163A110900" lsidName="C. salicifolius" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rank="species" species="salicifolius">
<emphasis id="CF1DA0206DD61BC6B2EC65169F4CCC45" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">C. salicifolius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="D92C0D0624366802220F6FDFCBD589BD" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="F661C2F6F11DFB8341F99DBF7576D167" lsidName="C. rhytidophyllus" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rank="species" species="rhytidophyllus">
<emphasis id="281498CA1BD54AEE6A8728CB1AF0658F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">C. rhytidophyllus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
</tr>
<tr id="88DDA5CBE374CEB0B6BBECB847CB5023" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">
<td id="D556B571FC3D5B2A07720F552FED08DC" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">Leaf shape</td>
<td id="392B485CBB63A6B74A2324A736AD0068" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">ovate-lanceolate to obovate</td>
<td id="9CA22D38660DFB98FBF8D099D49B2BAD" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">elliptic-oblong or ovate-lanceolate</td>
<td id="84CE248233E87AE087E138A55EC761B8" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">elliptic-oblong or ovate-oblong to oblong-lanceolate</td>
</tr>
<tr id="C3E1A0D72F45C8982367F4412B94DE41" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">
<td id="D11AC7FA0EA754B7ABBD3A437EB561C3" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">Leaf size (mm)</td>
<td id="3EEC901BB0F803F089560DE70E11BE1B" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">
25-72
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12-33
</td>
<td id="3F3DF54420C8B55E6D6F1276A0A6BCFB" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">
40-85
<normalizedToken id="133A9CE51CE877E79B912D18EF412500" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
15-25
</td>
<td id="86CD2AE16644E47AF24ED8B79FB0F3B2" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">
40-70
<normalizedToken id="A48941B3DC776EDC9E6F045530241A3E" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
18-30
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="2A295DD1FAC87101C429ED9871914603" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">
<td id="3FB81380643E68A5FDF9ADD11D629018" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">Leaf apex</td>
<td id="2BCC72E559B388ABD2A9E66505142DC8" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">acute or obtuse, rarely abruptly mucronate</td>
<td id="7CC5CC72D5C40FE0706296307B86DBC0" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">acute or acuminate</td>
<td id="26A0864BA6D9637E48E9B9099B0DBD3D" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">acuminate, rarely acute</td>
</tr>
<tr id="BE922A4C604FFBE48F4DE110083B276D" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">
<td id="108BB3C60AF90850C85D872B3BEC31B2" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">Leaf length-width ratio</td>
<td id="09AC62EA96B33AE2C09F67DF86E9F03E" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">
2.37
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0.31
</td>
<td id="7C1C4C48D9D638AC17C6F5F840AAACDE" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">
3.17
<normalizedToken id="6AEE0F1F035F4818EF77397F8B00DFC3" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.32
</td>
<td id="B1CE92ECDED43B95D6DBE8AD79F967E3" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">
3.19
<normalizedToken id="ADD173BE7998FC338ADE127AAE04CBE7" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.48
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="1D0FBBEC5B4B8E3A339A2F3B1B88697E" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">
<td id="B6FAD2746F50AC3CB8B720218FC4B1F9" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">Leaf conduplicate state</td>
<td id="C52F23B436CCFB8488048E73F66DA5A7" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">slightly conduplicate</td>
<td id="D15F32244A1D457550BF8BF467B6677F" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">not conduplicate</td>
<td id="968B200E065F5124E16D02EEFC09F3AB" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">not conduplicate</td>
</tr>
<tr id="89153960591641F7F210FEEE24A3317E" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">
<td id="67F67518D606A856E0A56FEA60A3E2B2" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">Lateral veins number (pairs)</td>
<td id="F6B2BEDE1186843D9F276F6881518BC8" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">6-8</td>
<td id="98EB99AA949DD3EEFF9893B67F9F2FEE" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">12-16</td>
<td id="09A9346C439FAB06DFBEA94E5C3A00DF" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">5-8</td>
</tr>
<tr id="D1B35A29BB3238B0739B3EDFA2B2F175" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">
<td id="7189BF04FAE695C412C9CCB0EF7A7006" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">Leaf upper surface indumentum</td>
<td id="6CEF0C15AFC7AE0A7A4CE45347D56BBC" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">initially sparsely pilose</td>
<td id="8705B41C949619EA697AC1C829F62E6E" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">initially sparsely pilose</td>
<td id="87690B60A891483DDE07CB99FADE82BF" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">initially sparsely villous</td>
</tr>
<tr id="D1D7554770F6EA1EF8620B90DEBA1489" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">
<td id="F3447A8C14A62CD8BEE86E0017DAF7C3" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">Upper surface rugose state</td>
<td id="0873E309E49EF0538B9FA1D5BF81C884" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">slightly rugose</td>
<td id="8B757E85CF1ED2A9ED70C7D70B13E4C1" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">rugose</td>
<td id="A6945FFC4EBA9BC02B28BBD5577DD6E5" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">extremely rugose</td>
</tr>
<tr id="A49D6F49A1B04E0763ACA6AAE3CC2674" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">
<td id="77939D357939E3C37C22B4547B4C6A45" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">Margin revolute state</td>
<td id="9829B648DBB88A82AA003D804EB3A60B" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">plane</td>
<td id="B19D68E7A7F000A16C4D7049E320B339" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">revolute</td>
<td id="A6D0539402B792FB3478881F4D02B37F" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">revolute</td>
</tr>
<tr id="7EB3F85AFBB71B30D48CF0F9E41F515A" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">
<td id="AF6242CCE14A491A05BB46543D5CE18D" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">Leaf lower surface indumentum</td>
<td id="1089E60F0E74745EFF74FAA77DF64E6E" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">densely gray tomentose</td>
<td id="76EC38D2798D2D2D248498400B541457" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">gray tomentose, with bloom</td>
<td id="9C2D5D40ED1EC5A540F8F8BF319D7CBC" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">yellow tomentose-floccose</td>
</tr>
<tr id="7F2A733F9FFA1769B0BB84A39AB3B3A0" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">
<td id="DA8A4B91D4AEDB5A0C2A888A5653497A" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">Inflorescence number of flowers</td>
<td id="A856929E43B4038EA51AF234C36731B7" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">(5-)10- to 50-(61) flowers</td>
<td id="EABCB20D5710A9E73408535FE1CE546E" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">10- to 50- flowers</td>
<td id="1B48B869A94F4FF09269DCF973305800" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">10- to 40(-50) flowers</td>
</tr>
<tr id="B33D6E6ECCFA5EE144642161D89A5DA2" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">
<td id="38E361D11D0410E6E151D09CC9F80A20" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">Corolla diameter (mm)</td>
<td id="1EDC159739BF2F101FDF4DBADBAF5A48" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">7-9</td>
<td id="8BE2B83FE15D599967B8F0D445E570D2" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">5-6</td>
<td id="D28FB8640613E2494FF4055F8840C1BC" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">7-8</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F9F0509E5F559B395EC418C05421BD5B" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">
<td id="391CABB436CA5E3AB41FF9529EB463AE" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">Patal indumentum</td>
<td id="B1149271DCEC7B9A065EDA55DB4BF6A6" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">glabrous</td>
<td id="018DACBA047DB1157D0A6D7025DD586F" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">glabrous</td>
<td id="8E7C3F9E3F2DC429835366C594AA80FF" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">adaxially slightly pilose near base</td>
</tr>
<tr id="6D81FA90F9325D1BA0E1CCB9FF59DC5D" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">
<td id="FB8AD6059CA84A58C50DA8F149095178" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">Styles number</td>
<td id="0C463E13F8EEE61635A72C28A232277A" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">2</td>
<td id="7E45C3E2A565F2577FD41ADD464EFDEE" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">2-3</td>
<td id="BFD858FDDA3FE1A85EAE6502F0A79225" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">2-3</td>
</tr>
<tr id="7A18A7E025442D4888AF1F24A2C01AB3" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">
<td id="28A0754473B90B8EBA19AFB65E3397F2" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">Fruits shape</td>
<td id="DDE0160825D693C41FD3E77A230696DB" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">obovoid or subglobose</td>
<td id="D517EDC443691EB97B79E836DAC189AE" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">subglobose</td>
<td id="BC589A5D74A87DD1F6A23124D7D50831" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">pyriform</td>
</tr>
<tr id="D233E92115397453A079E4D83815FF83" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">
<td id="0BD2F24C9302B934FE4A6081C85417CA" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">Fruits size</td>
<td id="79B0BFF94D47A9A8EC9D88C2FE6C5C3C" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">5-7 mm in diam</td>
<td id="0A43B5DB541ABF2E4BEBC4903E388040" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">5-7 mm in diam</td>
<td id="9B258751BB37CDEE991E7ACAE550F2B5" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">4 mm in diam, 5-6 mm long</td>
</tr>
<tr id="02ABE999AEBE0A939F5B0B7A888D4E92" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">
<td id="5CF3584B1B71D8F7E5D0A9ED659B9E6B" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">Pyrenes number</td>
<td id="70C83255876A6F51597831244A3556A2" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">2</td>
<td id="72022E1FAB596BBFF81E083919B3E02E" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">2-3</td>
<td id="C022A39B77DC9451EF0D70C1A9200C5F" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">2-3, rarely 4</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="815E735775741BECB5222548E0F8CFFA" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" type="description">
<paragraph id="236961EED917F0C22553026BF334328E" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="DC9697503A89CB1F83C49136FB6674F2" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">
Evergreen shrubs, rarely semi-evergreen, up to 5 m tall, with spreading to erect branches; stems 5 cm in diameter; branchlets terete, stout, reddish-brown, initially sparsely tomentose, glabrous when old. Petiole red, robust, 4-7 mm long, tomentose; stipules linear, 4-7 mm, tomentulose, caducous; leaf blades ovate-lanceolate to obovate, 25-72
<normalizedToken id="D621FF8AFDB8E53A19894DA4C7F4F105" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
12-33 mm, leathery, lightly conduplicate along the mid-vein, mid-vein conspicuously raised abaxially and deeply impressed adaxially, lateral veins 6-8 pairs, rarely 5 or 9, impressed, lower surface densely grey tomentose, apex acute or obtuse, rarely abruptly mucronate, base cuneate, margin entire, plane, upper surface initially sparsely pilose, subglabrous when old, slightly rugose. Compound corymbs 25-40 mm long, 17-43 mm diam., with (5-)10- to 50-(61)-flowered per inflorescence; rachis and pedicels densely white pilose; peduncles 2-3 cm; bracts linear, tomentulose, caducous, 2-4 mm long; pedicel 2-4 mm. Flowers 7-9 mm diam.; hypanthium campanulate, abaxially densely white tomentose; sepals triangular, apex acute, pilose; petals spreading, white, glabrous, suborbicular, ca. 3-4 mm and nearly as broad, apex obtuse, base shortly clawed; stamens 20, slightly longer than or subequal to petals, anthers purple, filaments white; styles 2, free, slightly shorter than stamens; carpels 2, ovary apically pilose. The ripe pome obovoid or subglobose, 5-7 mm diam., red, sparsely pilose; 2 pyrenes per fruit.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="412B91D194D7EDC7A4FFADBD8DE71036" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" type="pollen morphology">
<paragraph id="E20144FD1CB2CB3B23F83121926D5484" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Pollen morphology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B2D44C8783800D86B0E37A72458E1DB5" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">
The pollen grains of
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<emphasis id="A7C913F0715FD081080AEE2763F849A6" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">C. densiflorus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are tricolpate. Polar axis (P) = 46.15
<normalizedToken id="73A9A4D2D7E67932671383EEF6D4E71E" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
3.09
<normalizedToken id="42F8BA6E3E04F8CB3E39563239064C81" originalValue="µm">µm</normalizedToken>
, equatorial axis (E) = 22.64
<normalizedToken id="7867DAD7E6F181BF10A507C3C38DA35F" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
1.28
<normalizedToken id="B29ACFC10B9E8B40827BCCEB307C0A33" originalValue="µm">µm</normalizedToken>
, the P/E value (proportion of polar axis to equatorial axis length) = 2.05
<normalizedToken id="6C594E18E28251821522BC3FAEA74432" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.12. The P/E values of the new species is obviously larger than
<taxonomicName id="799C0B6AF5897923B59401BA4A246953" lsidName="C. salicifolius" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rank="species" species="salicifolius">
<emphasis id="8C7599262D8E3D962F1493B96E6658D1" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">C. salicifolius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(1.19
<normalizedToken id="26D22E5C04ED77DB61F87E05B2CB2D55" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.05). The surface is mainly striate-foveolate ornamentation (Fig.
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, Table
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).
</paragraph>
<caption id="70D5821B39177495E8BCE5A2CB7197AB" doi="10.3897/phytokeys.236.111819.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/942351" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" start="Figure 3" startId="F3">
<paragraph id="287966A1CBAEE0A9C5CAC8FECAA37624" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">
<emphasis id="B18E4A6509AFFB905AB4EF868B423EA7" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Figure 3.</emphasis>
SEM micrographs of pollen grains of
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<emphasis id="9B6E0A9515EDDB3B9EF609A3FBFD0D27" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Cotoneaster densiflorus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis id="EB62D12AF3AF6C45E7DA0DD0339BF269" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">A-C</emphasis>
), light microscope and SEM micrographs of leaf epidermis of
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<emphasis id="7276D74DFCC875EABD1B29D1E9D786F6" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">C. densiflorus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis id="C1DF260E4D6DD0BD0F543E366A384DA7" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">D-F</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="D343E0B0F75E8B3C9B34338BCF9D3A4E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">A</emphasis>
equatorial view
<emphasis id="6A2ED9213AC752D0A43BBB4DC6E02CBD" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">B</emphasis>
polar view
<emphasis id="51529F0DDDB036009A7F48368314CEC5" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">C</emphasis>
striate-foveolate ornamentation
<emphasis id="15E8AA60C3A1437DEBDE3333107D0EBD" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">D</emphasis>
upper epidermis
<emphasis id="020772723FC66F1C66A2DA63C7D03C84" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">E</emphasis>
under epidermis
<emphasis id="FE889F5C6223B782A20CBB8FD8CBA1F5" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">F</emphasis>
stomata and corneous papillae of under epidermis.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="46B7C1A79C7E80EFF1DC05001BFF801B" ID-Table-UUID="46B7C1A79C7E80EFF1DC05001BFF801B" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/46B7C1A79C7E80EFF1DC05001BFF801B" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" start="Table 3" startId="T3">
<paragraph id="18682D41D02F458ECC2DCD2DD91F8005" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">
<emphasis id="D768A3299C785F88F2AEEFE615DA5758" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Table 3.</emphasis>
Diagnostic micro-morphological characteristic and 2C DNA of
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<emphasis id="9AA5BC1CEE2D8782D83B7A6337108FD4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Cotoneaster densiflorus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="5DAF0AEAB043C32BAB62E4B71996D940" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">C. salicifolius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="0C2C98E25B58DBA65E4CB42BD59E199D" lsidName="C. rhytidophyllus" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rank="species" species="rhytidophyllus">
<emphasis id="AF6C3BCBF496F4499B911844010DC056" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">C. rhytidophyllus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(values M
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SD
<normalizedToken id="0F493CA1D0861F71CC7E78CAD2C9A645" originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="F71B8A1005955E3A4EC3757FC6F9B6A8" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">
<table id="3EEE66450DEACB53636D7E21339ABE8E" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">
<tr id="1077C1FF4B6A7D40C92943E3CFCDC485" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">
<th id="C74E4430AC55E70B605F92887ABB7682" colspan="1" isEmpty="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">-</th>
<th id="27508A88E11C8F5CCE258A9112A7315C" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="A82E6860A95B0144EBE9623B80F1A998" lsidName="C. densiflorus" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rank="species" species="densiflorus">
<emphasis id="A6FFD29437D2B4D5D7CD44AD350B3A5B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">C. densiflorus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="1A1398D14A0EA3224AF33CAA96068107" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="5E437B61462AA0D717434998BFE13E22" lsidName="C. salicifolius" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rank="species" species="salicifolius">
<emphasis id="EA279DB81A5058469469D02A6299894E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">C. salicifolius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="3CD62464BA3B1E60B1786CB999972356" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="58E42994E49F4840FBD11E08E42B89E3" lsidName="C. rhytidophyllus" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rank="species" species="rhytidophyllus">
<emphasis id="136F29639E641B9FCFA6F4C678B7076F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">C. rhytidophyllus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
</tr>
<tr id="B8AA6BC2427F2A270E998EF4C3614ED2" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">
<td id="A3B30F06063A1025A650B33E0E45256A" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">Polar axis length (µm)</td>
<td id="DFB27C570B9D183EE627BEDC069269D3" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">
46.15
<normalizedToken id="61BEDF049F86C1CB28C10C7DB703A706" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
3.09
</td>
<td id="33B65E08215DE832E2A291A72960D20C" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">
24.31
<normalizedToken id="A483AC6AA24A920CBA85ABC0AD06D588" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
1.07
</td>
<td id="49E878E89206D3F851AEB9D3B72BB013" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">
37.39
<normalizedToken id="F440EC097FA8DBC50A4160D07376F41E" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
7.35
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="1332311C26F7BB3F7F18A521E2ACE80A" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">
<td id="388AF0D9E5FF186A491FDC91ACD90BDA" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">Equatorial axis length (µm)</td>
<td id="92330B4FEA91C0AC0926F801B3B0341A" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">
22.64
<normalizedToken id="4DBF6336796EB07925BF1551376020FF" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
1.28
</td>
<td id="8E8DEE482EAA671D11BB736EA07FA43B" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">
20.51
<normalizedToken id="3B040BA2CF092333E7D2027F49125A8B" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.16
</td>
<td id="4B527564B2E58EF1987353C6F1BD4640" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">
18.47
<normalizedToken id="6E9E0FA33C8006B592C5B1F659CA6C2E" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
3.03
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E557F9ED38523B2D7747957B93C79083" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">
<td id="2C2F4AABAA0A54862E7EB3541AF5763A" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">P/E values</td>
<td id="78440F3767A6703FF552301B78E799DC" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">
2.05
<normalizedToken id="B99D0AC08A9CB1E35587E08E5BBC1FA6" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.12
</td>
<td id="DB483AA9DD025D3174CAF230B6061689" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">
1.19
<normalizedToken id="39A64521185D604598D490EF054584B6" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.05
</td>
<td id="440919B436EE9E5FFD8E6C208F8FDC0B" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">
2.02
<normalizedToken id="F62620AE614ADED69EC9DFDF874A9F79" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.23
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="781D387B8FCDC4B4A6A001BFD99EC728" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">
<td id="F6DDD4B8A22D6BC9C83FD56E2C1D5651" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">Type of leaf epidermis</td>
<td id="F2ACD103EAE477E6B3692D87B08B18E1" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">type W</td>
<td id="8E84264B273B158A5BBAEE1DDDF4BD7A" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">type I</td>
<td id="773FA0D5472DE52BE699377C8F98F244" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">type I</td>
</tr>
<tr id="C1234E543ED2B00DB7FE16282A132001" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">
<td id="AB9062E99D65FD4EA231554572136749" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">2C DNA (pg)</td>
<td id="8DF183187393E08D535DF0964ED82D65" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">
2.33
<normalizedToken id="649836F2C717576714A0B8723E12D3E9" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.19
</td>
<td id="BA3F5115DDF765C8F8CF5791F216F490" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">
1.57
<normalizedToken id="755CB71250B3374CB39A5A8A0328F34B" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.15
</td>
<td id="92B7D3E87BF410625538AF2EC5FD319C" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rowspan="1">
1.55
<normalizedToken id="DB976B6AA3D36030F33AC2684E0DE68A" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.10
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="699CCF44364DFD5E3458846911734F47" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" type="leaf epidermis morphology">
<paragraph id="03216B23FC315B403BD4EDAB79C415AD" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Leaf epidermis morphology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BAC89A75889714319634ED85685F3AB5" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">
According to previous studies on leaf epidermis type of
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<emphasis id="5EEB8876D525B949DA3C0576E25AF666" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Cotoneaster Cotoneaster</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species (
<bibRefCitation id="F89EADFC5F96C58C3678A4FE6A018F6F" author="Ding, SS" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of Botanical Research" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" pagination="187 - 194" refId="B5" refString="Ding, SS, Sun, K, Su, X, Dong, LN, Zhang, AM, 2008. Characters of leaf epidermis and their taxonomic significance in Cotoneaster Medikus. Bulletin of Botanical Research 28 (2): 187 - 194" title="Characters of leaf epidermis and their taxonomic significance in Cotoneaster Medikus." volume="28" year="2008">Ding et al. 2008</bibRefCitation>
), the leaf epidermis of this species could be classified as type W, with irregular stomata surrounded by 4-5 corneous papillae, while
<taxonomicName id="8D4E3409210947B7447810B4DE511AEB" lsidName="C. salicifolius" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rank="species" species="salicifolius">
<emphasis id="C14FEC9D140E3526D58A5CADA3FF1BC3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">C. salicifolius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="8B464BE8F951C7B23A137ACBC52145FC" lsidName="C. rhytidophyllus" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rank="species" species="rhytidophyllus">
<emphasis id="1019BA482A1173CD3826B62D81AC007B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">C. rhytidophyllus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are presented as type I, with irregular stomata surrounded by various ridges protruding from the stratum corneum (Fig.
<figureCitation id="1F82E6E11F2574BD95B1D134F9C3113F" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. SEM micrographs of pollen grains of Cotoneaster densiflorus (A-C), light microscope and SEM micrographs of leaf epidermis of C. densiflorus (D-F) A equatorial view B polar view C striate-foveolate ornamentation D upper epidermis E under epidermis F stomata and corneous papillae of under epidermis." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.236.111819.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/942351" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">3</figureCitation>
, Table
<tableCitation id="94A768B1D2D24210965509AB86675424" captionStart="Table 3" captionStartId="T3" captionText="Table 3. Diagnostic micro-morphological characteristic and 2 C DNA of Cotoneaster densiflorus, C. salicifolius and C. rhytidophyllus (values M + / - SD μm)." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/46B7C1A79C7E80EFF1DC05001BFF801B" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" tableUuid="46B7C1A79C7E80EFF1DC05001BFF801B">3</tableCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="FEB3BE60C769586D74F662B98172BF37" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" type="phenology">
<paragraph id="7D49E50B3B5DB893CAAB021687DB3067" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Phenology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="34A4919785A8DC3B5FE44F4E96ACB6CD" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Flowering from June to July, fruiting from November to December.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="1CB8A94DEFDCF3FD382B6D018A045528" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="0562A07499515C9E9A05A0D9C5641CD6" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B36FB7959A4D7ADAE41DDF5F411C97D" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">The specific epithet refers to the compact compound corymbs with (5-)10- to 50-(61)-flowered per inflorescence.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="D1C56F7673E3ED92BF22A9B81F984377" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="D97F272FEF18C168F528DF2751BD35A6" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Distribution and habitat.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="307D81D594208951AC6B694F9662315E" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">
<taxonomicName id="A8783C79D4B39F6F4C39619109C9ABA0" lsidName="C. densiflorus" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rank="species" species="densiflorus">
<emphasis id="8EDE391BE3EFD01F22C2E9667923B173" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">C. densiflorus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is currently known only from the type locality, Zegen Village, Baoxing County, Sichuan Province, China. This population includes nearly 60 individuals, with about 40 densely distributed individuals and 20 scattered shrubs on a steep slope of sunny sparse forest along the National Highway at altitudes of about 2180 m a.s.l. The associated tree species include
<taxonomicName id="A0B71D9E552F89492F17311056E0A741" lsidName="C. dielsianus" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rank="species" species="dielsianus">
<emphasis id="F53F31FF75D8063D5F5E3C5FF9BC32A8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">C. dielsianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="74F773F46F5829BE2289BDB36020BC6A" class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Coriariaceae" genus="Coriaria" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Coriaria nepalensis" order="Sapindales" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="nepalensis">
<emphasis id="6DD9BFE777801C952CBA2A7A1C24EE1E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Coriaria nepalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="6349A0B211C005F8DCF14B710EC2B2C6" authorityName="Craib" authorityYear="1913" class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Fabaceae" genus="Indigofera" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Indigofera szechuensis" order="Rosales" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="szechuensis">
<emphasis id="3A85DE2261F6510E186AC9E42B47A8B5" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Indigofera szechuensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="73713A456433220E5E00F0EE0136F01A" class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Fabaceae" genus="Desmodium" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Desmodium elegans" order="Rosales" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="elegans">
<emphasis id="7451D65680A2130DED6EDB5344C3E173" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Desmodium elegans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="D1FF326429635266A175CCAA1D703DC8" authorityName="Diels" authorityYear="1900" class="Dicotyledones" family="Elaeagnaceae" genus="Elaeagnus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Elaeagnus bockii" order="Rosales" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="bockii">
<emphasis id="C55B3E59AFAF5296F1A892F653EFB0C1" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Elaeagnus bockii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="17A746FE9773086B6858C26859E570AD" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" type="phylogenetic analysis">
<paragraph id="C06A6D213D91E61836CEBB3710347753" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Phylogenetic analysis.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C47EBB6D312CDE813D25915F5A620988" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">
The complete chloroplast genome of
<taxonomicName id="B8FDDBEBE4DE7734D998E3A18290AE32" lsidName="C. densiflorus" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" rank="species" species="densiflorus">
<emphasis id="9742E801B35FD848A4416F320ABDC96A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">C. densiflorus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
exhibited characteristic quadripartite structure with 159,759 bp in total length, including a pair of inverted repeat (IRA and IRB) region of 26,371 bp, separated by a larger single-copy (LSC) region of 87,807 bp and a small single-copy (SSC) region of 19,210 bp with an overall GC content of 36.60%. A total of 111 unique genes were encoded, including 78 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 29 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes and four ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes, while 17 genes duplicated in the IR regions.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6D0D2C81C604BF4972EFA13E35D44589" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">
Phylogenetic analyses constructed from 72
<taxonomicName id="6ED797F506B246A64968C582852EECB0" authority="Cotoneaster" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rosaceae" genus="Cotoneaster" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Cotoneaster" order="Rosales" pageId="0" pageNumber="39" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="section" section="Cotoneaster">
<emphasis id="73C31467FEDCA59C9ED084E686AFE374" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Cotoneaster Cotoneaster</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
chloroplast genomes resulted in the ML tree topology as shown in Table
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. Two main clades (
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and
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) with well-supported values are presented in Fig.
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, which was consistent with the previous phylogenetic studies. The new species was placed in Clade
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and clustered with
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<emphasis id="96FE807B206136D9E4C4206318B229AB" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">C. rhytidophyllus</emphasis>
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of Ser.
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, but with weak support values (BS = 44, BI = --).
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<emphasis id="8DF98579ACA02D3C1B7C870A988616FE" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Figure 4.</emphasis>
The phylogenetic tree of 65
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taxa based on 72 whole chloroplast genomes showing the position of
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(bold and highlighted with green) in the genus. Numbers near the branches are ML and BI bootstrap values. GenBank accessions were provided after underlines.
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<paragraph id="5E357CAC76B6AA0D167CEF23FF1C6E32" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Chromosome ploidy analysis.</paragraph>
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The results of flow cytometry analysis displayed a mean genome size (2C-value) of 2.33
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0.19 pg for
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(Table
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). Comparing with ploidy levels and genome sizes of
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<emphasis id="D28786DB60D8A9185F135B0A1B6648B7" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Cotoneaster Cotoneaster</emphasis>
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species reported in the previous studies (
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;
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), this species was inferred as tetraploid (2n = 4x =68), while its closely-related species,
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(2C-value = 1.13
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0.16; unpublished data) and
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<emphasis id="7AD5E5574B1C88BE5F0F1D498B82C39E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">C. rhytidophyllus</emphasis>
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(2C-value = 1.55
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0.10; unpublished data) were diploid (2n = 2x = 34) (
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Fryer and
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2009
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).
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<paragraph id="C1B1E90B175D965ACF4F29B04F494C2D" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Conservation status.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D360B2F1478C1BEC82AC9B97B79E6C59" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Only one large population was found with nearly 60 mature and juvenile individuals on steep slopes about 2 km along the highway. Its habitat is affected and threatened by the violent geological, climate and artificial activities with frequent construction of highways, mud-rock flows, landslides, and even earthquakes in the last few decades. Therefore, the species could be considered as CR (Critically Endangered) status according to IUCN Red List Criteria (IUCN 2022).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="7AEDAC996022B237A29166D1350966E1" pageId="0" pageNumber="39">Additional specimens examined</paragraph>
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(
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).
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