Amana kuocangshanica (Liliaceae), a new species from south-east China

Authors: TAN, DUN-YAN; LI, XIN-RONG¹; HONG, DE-YUAN²

Source: Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 154, Number 3, July 2007 , pp. 435-442(8)

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Abstract:

Amana kuocangshanica D. Y. Tan & D. Y. Hong is described as a new species from Mt. Kuocang, Zhejiang Province, south-east China. Morphological observations and a statistical analysis of the new species and its relatives show that it is most closely related to A. anhuiensis and A. erythronioides, but differs in having the lower leaf oblanceolate, the widest at two-thirds length from the base, tunics glabrous inside, and fruit beaks 5-7.5 mm long. The morphologies of the pollen, seeds, and epidermal cells of the leaves of this new species are described. © 2007 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2007, 154, 435-442.

Keywords: morphology; scanning electron microscopy (SEM); statistics; Tulipa

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00660.x

Affiliations: 1: College of Forestry Sciences, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830052, China 2: State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiangshan, Beijing 100093, China

Publication date: 2007-07-01