New species of Resedaceae found in Dehong, 10 August 2021

inflorescences axillary, filaments lower third pubescent, upper two thirds glabrous, ovary glabrous, etc.

Currently, only two populations have been found in Yingjiang County, the first population (eight individuals were observed) is in Nabang Town, climbs trees at the edge of the forest. The second population (only two individuals were observed) is in Kachang Town, grows by the roadside.

Since the species is found on the border between China and , and the investigation in China has not been thorough enough to fully understand the natural distribution of the species. The Stixis yingjiangensis. Credit: SHEN Jianyong researchers proposed the conservation status of Stixis yingjiangensis as Data Deficient (DD) according to the Red List criteriaof the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Resedaceae is a family of mainly Mediterranean herbs. The genus Stixis is one of the six genera in family Resedaceae. To date, China has recorded three species and one subspecies of the genus Stixis, and all these species were reported in Yunnan province.

When surveying extremely small populations of plants in southwest Yunnan, researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Yunnan Tongbiguan provincial Nature Reserve collected an unknown species in Dehong. After careful morphological study and literature review, they confirmed the species was new to science.

The new species was named Stixis yingjiangensis, Stixis yingjiangensis. Credit: SHEN Jianyong referring to the type locality, Yingjiang County, Dehong Dai and Jingpo , Yunnan, China. It was published in Taiwania. More information: Jian-Yong Shen et al, Stixis Stixis yingjiangensis is morphologically similar to S. yingjiangensis, a new species of Resedaceae from philippinensis and S. villiflora, but differs from the Yunnan, China, Taiwania (2021). DOI: two species by both surfaces with sparsely 10.6165/tai.2021.66.326 strigillose on lateral nerves, midrib and pustules,

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