Sorbus gongshanensis (Rosaceae), a new species from the Hengduan Mountains, China

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: Flora of China · Topics: Botanical Studies and Applications, Horticultural and Viticultural Research, Fungal Biology and Applications

Sorbus gongshanensis sp. nov., a new species from the Hengduan Mountains China, is described and illustrated. It is similar to S. kurzii from China (Yunnan & Xizang), Nepal, and Sikkim in the size of the leaflets, glabrous veins, persistent (sometimes) herbaceous stipules and reddish brown villous inflorescences and red fruits, but differs in its serrate leaflet margins toothed in the distal half or often almost to their base, reddish brown villous to glabrous hypanthium and reddish brown villous infructescences, among other characteristics.

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