taxonID	type	description	language	source
116A87EB97556330FF49FA55BA61FE62.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — CHINA. Hubei: Wuhan City, Huangpi District, Chenjiashan Village, under forest on hillside, 31.02 ° N, 114.23 ° E, elev. ca. 210 m, 23 March 2021, Xinlei Zhao 21005 (holotype IMD!; isotypes ACM!, BZCM!, IBK!, PE!).	en	He, Li-Hong, Zhao, Xin-Lei, Yu, Jing, Zhang, Zhao (2022): Chloranthus coccineus (Chloranthaceae), a new species from Hubei, China. Phytotaxa 566 (3): 279-289, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.3
116A87EB97556330FF49FA55BA61FE62.taxon	diagnosis	This new species is similar to C. fortunei, but the new species has a longer peduncle (1 – 4 cm), oval drupes, rigidly papery leaves, brown leaf veins when dry, reddish leaf margins and crimson stamen connective apex.	en	He, Li-Hong, Zhao, Xin-Lei, Yu, Jing, Zhang, Zhao (2022): Chloranthus coccineus (Chloranthaceae), a new species from Hubei, China. Phytotaxa 566 (3): 279-289, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.3
116A87EB97556330FF49FA55BA61FE62.taxon	description	Herbs perennial, 20 – 40 cm high, glabrous. Rhizomes with many fibrous roots, intensely aromatic, brown. Stems erect, simple or tufted, apparently 2 – 3 nodes; internodes 4 – 12 cm, each node with one pair of scale-like leaves, ovatetriangular or triangular, 0.2 – 0.3 cm × 0.3 – 0.4 cm, membranous. Leaves opposite, usually 4 at the apex of the branches and whorled; stipules triangular or subulate; petiole 1 – 2.5 cm; leaf blade elliptic to broadly elliptic, or obovate, 3 – 15 cm × 1.5 – 8 cm, rigidly papery, glabrous, glandular mucronate, scarlet, densely finely glandular abaxially when young; basal 1 / 4 entire, broadly cuneate, sometimes oblique, margin serrate or dentate-serrate, apex acute or shortly acuminate, occasionally oblique, adaxially green, abaxially pale green; lateral veins 4 – 8 pairs, reticulate veins adaxially impressed, abaxially prominent, turning brown when dry. Spike solitary, terminal, 3 – 6 cm with peduncle 1 – 4 cm; bracts obovate, usually 3 - toothed. Flowers white, crimson at apex, with peculiar fragrance. Androecium 3: stamen connectives elongated, linear, erect or ascending, ca. 1 cm, apex crimson, connate at base, adnate to apical part of the ovary; central connective with a 2 - loculed anther; lateral connectives with a 1 - loculed anther. Ovary oval; style absent. Drupes pale yellowish-green, oval, striate, length ca. 3.6 mm, width ca. 2.9 mm, subsessile.	en	He, Li-Hong, Zhao, Xin-Lei, Yu, Jing, Zhang, Zhao (2022): Chloranthus coccineus (Chloranthaceae), a new species from Hubei, China. Phytotaxa 566 (3): 279-289, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.3
116A87EB97556330FF49FA55BA61FE62.taxon	biology_ecology	Phenology: — Flowering and fruiting from March to June. Ecology and distribution: — C. coccineus grows in deciduous forests at an elevation about 210 m. This new species is so far only known from its type locality at this time. Chromosome Number: — 2 n = 60.	en	He, Li-Hong, Zhao, Xin-Lei, Yu, Jing, Zhang, Zhao (2022): Chloranthus coccineus (Chloranthaceae), a new species from Hubei, China. Phytotaxa 566 (3): 279-289, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.3
116A87EB97556330FF49FA55BA61FE62.taxon	etymology	Etymology: — The specific epithet “ coccineus ” is derived from the color of stamens, which is crimson.	en	He, Li-Hong, Zhao, Xin-Lei, Yu, Jing, Zhang, Zhao (2022): Chloranthus coccineus (Chloranthaceae), a new species from Hubei, China. Phytotaxa 566 (3): 279-289, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.3
116A87EB97556330FF49FA55BA61FE62.taxon	conservation	Conservation status: — There is not yet enough information on the distribution, abundance, or risk of this new species, further surveys are needed. The IUCN status proposed is ‘ DD’ (data deficient), based on IUCN (2022) guidelines.	en	He, Li-Hong, Zhao, Xin-Lei, Yu, Jing, Zhang, Zhao (2022): Chloranthus coccineus (Chloranthaceae), a new species from Hubei, China. Phytotaxa 566 (3): 279-289, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.3
116A87EB97556330FF49FA55BA61FE62.taxon	vernacular_names	Vernacular name: — Fēi Hóng Jīn Sù Lán (Chinese pronunciation); ỦĹḮẹÍ (Chinese name).	en	He, Li-Hong, Zhao, Xin-Lei, Yu, Jing, Zhang, Zhao (2022): Chloranthus coccineus (Chloranthaceae), a new species from Hubei, China. Phytotaxa 566 (3): 279-289, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.3
