Curcuma pambrosima sp. nov. (Zingiberaceae) from central Vietnam

Curcuma pambrosima (Zingiberaceae), a new species from central Vietnam, is described and illustrated.     

Zingiber nanlingensis sp. nov. (Zingiberaceae) from Guangdong,China

Zingiber nanlingensis L. Chen, A. Q. Dong & F. W. Xing sp. nov. (Zingiberaceae) from northern Guangdong, China is described, illustrated, and compared with the morphologically similar species Z. mioga (Thunb.) Rosc.     

Zingiberanamalayanum sp. nov. (Zingiberaceae) from India

Zingiber anamalayanum (Zingiberaceae), a new species from the southern western Ghats, India is described and illustrated. A phenetic analyses to assess the similarity indices and the uniqueness of the new species have been performed. A diagnostic key to Zingiber spp. in south India is provided.     

Manglietia lawii sp. nov. (Magnoliaceae) from Yunnan, China

Manglietia lawii N. H. Xia & W. F. Liao, a new species of Manglietia from Yunnan, China, is described and illustrated. It is closely related to M. forrestii W. W. Smith, but differs by having villous gynoecium and glabrous tepals.     

Geostachys angustifolia sp. nov. (Zingiberaceae) from Thailand

A new species of Geostachys (Bak.) Ridl. is described, G. angustifolia K. Larsen sp. nov., and a key to all species of the genus found in Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam is presented.     

Ligularia qiaojiaensis sp. nov. (Asteraceae) from Yunnan,China

Ligularia qiaojiaensisY. S. Chen & H. J. Dong sp. nov., known from two localities in northeastern Yunnan province of China, is described, illustrated and compared with similar species.     

Cephalanthera humilis sp. nov. (Orchidaceae) from Yunnan,China

Cephalanthera humilis X. H. Jin, a new species from Yunnan, China, is described and illustrated. The new species is closely related to C. calcarata but differs from it by having an entire lip without spur at base and the stigma on top of the column.     

Globba chekiangensis sp. nov. (Zingiberaceae) from the Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces, China

Globba chekiangensis from the Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces in east China is described, illustrated and compared with its nearest allies, G. emeiensis and G. racemosa .     

Calanthe yaoshanensis sp. nov. (Orchidaceae) from northeastern Yunnan,China

A new species of Orchidaceae, Calanthe yaoshanensis Z. X. Ren & H. Wang from northeastern Yunnan, China, is described and illustrated. It is morphologically similar to C. brevicornu Lindley, from which it differs by having a glabrous column and an elliptical middle lobe with three triangular lamellae. The morphological differences between C. yaoshanensis and related species are discussed. The habitat was investigated and its conservation status was assessed as a ‘Critically Endangered’ (CR).     

Pleurospermum tripartitum sp. nov. (Umbelliferae) from western Yunnan,China

Pleurospermum tripartitum Pu, R. Li & H. Li, a new species of Umbelliferae from western Yunnan, China, is described and illustrated. It is closely similar to P. macrochlaenum K. T. Fu & Y. C. Ho, but differs by having unbranched stem, conspicuous calyx teeth, and white petals.     

Ligusticum gongshanense sp. nov. (Umbelliferae) from western Yunnan,China

Ligusticum gongshanense Pu, R. Li & H. Li, a new species of Umbelliferae from western Yunnan, China, is described and illustrated. It is closely similar to L. franchetii H. de Boissieu, but differs by having unbranched and light yellow stem, white petals, and styles shorter than stylopodium.     

Lobatiriccardia yunnanensis,sp. nov. (Metzgeriales,Aneuraceae) from Yunnan,China

Abstract

The genus Lobatiriccardia Furuki is reported as new to China, from the Dulong River valley, Gaoligong Shan range, Yunnan Province and this material is described as a new species endemic to China, Lobatiriccardia yunnanensis Furuki & D.G. Long, the fifth known species in the genus. The differences between the new species and the other members of the genus are enumerated, along with a key to all known species of Lobatiriccardia.     

Arisaema lushuiense sp. nov. (Araceae) from Gaoligong Mountains in Yunnan,China

Arisaema lushuiense G. W. Hu & H. Li, a new species of Araceae from Gaoligong Mountains in northwestern Yunnan, China, is described and illustrated. It is similar and closely related to A. auriculatum Buchet, but differs by its basically green spathe with semi‐rotund to broadly ovate, 6–8 mm long auricles; the appendix of the spadix is 3.5–5.0 cm long and the apex of the appendix depressed with faint longitudinal ridges and grooves, slightly curved forward, with purplish black color, and exserted 1.0–1.5 cm from the spathe throat.     

Curcuma pygmaea sp. nov. (Zingiberaceae) from Vietnam and notes on two related species C. parviflora and C. thorelii.

Curcuma pygmaea?korni?k. & ?ída f. (Zingiberaceae), a new species from Vietnam, is described and illustrated. Notes on its closest allies in Curcuma subgenus Hitcheniopsis, C. parviflora Wall. and C. thorelii Gagnep., are provided and a lectotype of C. thorelii is designated.     

中国姜黄属-新种-南昆山莪术

报道姜科姜黄属-新种-南昆山莪术(Curcuma nankunshanensis N.Liu,X.B.Ye&J.Chen).该种与近缘种广西莪术(C kwangsiensis X.X.Chen)的区别在于侧根茎分枝多,叶片阔椭圆状披针形,表面光滑无毛,不育苞片下部白色顶端深紫红色,能育苞片绿色.它与郁金(C aromatica Sahib)的区别在于根茎内面白色,不育苞片下部白色顶端深紫红色,具有种子.     

Kaempfería grandifolia sp. nov. (Zingiberaceae) a new species from Thailand

Kaempfería grandifolia is described and illustrated from the Phu Phan National Park in NE Thailand. The somatic chromosome number is established to 2n = 22. Its affinities are discussed.     

Impatiens quadriloba sp. nov. (Balsaminaceae) from Sichuan,China

Impatiens quadriloba K. M. Liu et Y. L. Xiang sp. nov. collected from the Siguniang Mountains Nature Reserve in northwestern Sichuan, China, is described and illustrated. The seed‐coat and pollen morphology of the new species are described and diagnostic morphological characters that distinguish the new species from the related I. falcifer Hook. f. are discussed.