Hedychium menghaiense (Zingiberaceae), a new species from Yunnan, China

Authors：Hu Xiu; Liu Nian^*

Source：Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 2010, 48(2): 146-151.

DOI：10.1111/j.1759-6831.2009.00060.x

• Hedychium
• Hedychium menghaiense X. Hu &amp
• N. Liu
• new species
• SRAP markers
• Zingiberaceae

Hedychium menghaiense X. Hu & N. Liu, a new species of the Zingiberaceae from Yunnan Province, China, is described and illustrated. The new species is currently known only from its type locality, Nannuoshan Mountain, Menghai County, growing under evergreen broad-leaved forests at altitudes of 1400-1700 m. It is similar to Hedychium forrestii Diels, but differs in its narrower and emarginate labellum folded inwards lengthwise, narrower staminodes, and scarlet stamen. The recognition of the new species is supported by the results from analysis of sequence-related amplified polymorphism markers.

• Institution
  中国科学院; 中国科学院华南植物园