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Bulletin of Botanical Research ›› 2017, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (3): 321-324.doi: 10.7525/j.issn.1673-5102.2017.03.001

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Elatostema kimhyense(Urticaceae),A New Species from Vietnam

DO Van1, LIN Yun2, TRAN Ngoc3, WEI Yi-Gang4   

  1. 1. Vietnam National Museum of Nature, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Department of Biology, Hanoi 100803;
    2. Hunan Medication Vestibule School, Hunan Food and Drug Vocational College, Changsha 410208;
    3. Vietnam National University of Forestry, Hanoi 100803;
    4. Guangxi Key Laboratory of Plant Conservation and Restoration Ecology in Karst Terrain, Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guilin 541006
  • Received:2017-01-06 Online:2017-05-15 Published:2017-06-03
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China "Inverstigation and taxonomic revision of Elatostema in South China"(31160039);"Studies on reproduction mode of Elatostema (Urticaceae) from China"(31570307)

Abstract: A new species of Elatostema(Urticaceae), namely Elatostema kimhyense Y.G.Wei & V.T.Do, was described and illustrated. E.kimhyense was found out in forests on limestone hills at 350-1 200 m asl.. The new species is related to E.vietnamense Q.Lin & L.D.Duan, but differs from the latter by carnose stems, penninerved leaves, abaxial leaf surface hirtellous, hirtellous bracts and bracteoles.

Key words: Elatostema, Taxonomy, Urticaceae, Vietnam

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