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Type: Article
Published: 2016-03-10
Page range: 149–153
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Microula roseiflora (Boraginaceae), a new species from Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

State Key Laboratory of Weed Quarantine, Inspection and Quarantine Technical Centre, Fujian Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau of PRC, Fuzhou 350001, China
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WEN-TAO YU

 
State Key Laboratory of Weed Quarantine, Inspection and Quarantine Technical Centre, Fujian Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau of PRC, Fuzhou 350001, China
State Key Laboratory of Weed Quarantine, Inspection and Quarantine Technical Centre, Fujian Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau of PRC, Fuzhou 350001, China
State Key Laboratory of Weed Quarantine, Inspection and Quarantine Technical Centre, Fujian Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau of PRC, Fuzhou 350001, China
Boraginaceae Microula roseiflora new species taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

In this paper, we describe and illustrate Microula roseiflora as a new species from Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. The new species is morphologically similar to M. muliensis and M. leiocarpa, but M. roseiflora can be easily distinguished by the combination of characteristics: nutlet black spotted; dorsal pseudoaperture ca. 0.5 mm long; corolla pink; faucal appendages triangular-ovate; upper stem leaf elliptic to ovate; and stem trichomes appressed, ca. 0.3–1.5 mm long. For the new taxon, information on its geographic range, habitat and hypothetical taxonomic affinities is provided.