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Issue: Vol. 600 No. 2: 21 June 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-06-21
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.600.2.5
Page range: 105-112
Abstract views: 161
PDF downloaded: 13

Thyrocarpus fujianensis (Boraginaceae; Cynoglosseae), a new species from China: evidence from morphological and molecular analyses

Fujian Health College, Fuzhou, Fujian 350101, China
Sanming Garden Center, Sanming, Fujian 365000, China
Fujian Bioengineering Vocational and Technical College, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China
Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
Boraginaceae new species morphology Molecular phylogenetics Eudicots

Abstract

We here describe and illustrate a new species, Thyrocarpus fujianensis (Boraginaceae), from Fujian Province in southern China. Morphological comparisons indicated that T. fujianensis is similar to T. sampsonii and T. glochidiatus but displays distinct differences in habitat, leaves, pedicel, calyx, corolla and fruit. Phylogenetic analysis based on the nuclear (ITS) and two plastid DNA sequences (rps16 and trnL–trnF) showed that T. fujianensis is nested within Thyrocarpus with relatively strong supporting values but only weak support as sister to T. sampsonii. The morphological and molecular evidence both support the status of T. fujianensis as a new species.

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