A new species of Vaccinium (Ericaceae) from Guangxi, China

21 April 2014

Tong, Yi-hua; Xia, Nian-he

Vaccinium damingshanense (Ericaceae), a new species from Daming Mountain, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China is described, illustrated and placed within the key for the determination of Vaccinium sect. Eococcus Sleumer in China. The new species is similar to Vaccinium carlesii Dunn, but differs from the latter in leaf shape, leaf margin character and details of anther thecae. Information on its distribution and ecology is also provided.

Doi
10.1111/njb.00581