Ilex sanqingshanensis sp. nov. (Aquifoliaceae) from Jiangxi Province, China

12 January 2015

Shi, Shi; Chen, Su-Fang; Zhong, Fang-Hua; Wu, Guang-Xi; Liao, Wen-Bo; Fan, Qiang

Ilex sanqingshanensis, a new species of Aquifoliaceae from Jiangxi, China, is described and illustrated with morphological characteristics and ultrastructure of pollen grains. It is easily distinguished from the most similar species I. wugongshanensis C. J. Tseng ex S. K. Chen et Y. X. Feng by having smaller leaves that are elliptic, ovate or elliptic-ovate, shorter (0.5–1 mm vs. 2–3 mm) teeth of leaf margin, longer pedicels of staminate flowers (2–3.5 mm vs. 1.5 mm), smaller pyrenes (3.5–4 × 2–2.5 mm vs. 4.5–5 × 3 mm), and woody pyrenes (vs. stony pyrenes).

10.1111/njb.00769