Ceropegia jinshaensis (Apocynaceae), a new species from northwestern Yunnan, China

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Keywords: Apocynaceae · Topics: Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions, Plant Diversity and Evolution, Plant and animal studies

Ceropegia jinshaensis D.T.Liu & Z.K.Wu (Asclepiadoideae, Apocynaceae), a new species from northwestern Yunnan along the upper Yangtze river of China, is described and illustrated. This species is similar to C. meleagris H. Huber, C. dorjei C. E. C. Fischer and C. aridicola W. W. Smith, but can be distinguished easily by its leaf shape and floral features, especially the corolla shape and size, the interior of corolla tube and coronal characters.

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