taxonID	type	description	language	source
03F8AA28FFDD2959FF7FFCB8FE267B1C.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — CHINA. Yunnan: Puer, Jingdong, Qingren Valley. 20 July 2015, Zhen Zhang, Xiao-Mei Wang et Hai-Yan Gao JDH- 6 (holotype HSNU 00075747!, Fig. 2); isotype JDH- 7 (HSNU 00075746!).	en	Zhang, Zhen, Chen, Yi-Jia, Mei, Li, Zou, Lu, Zhang, Mei-Jiao, Li, Hong-Qing, Zhang, De-Shun (2023): Phylogeny of the Ficus sarmentosa complex (Moraceae) uncovered an omitted species and the rank elevation of F. pubigera var. maliformis. Phytotaxa 579 (1): 17-31, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.579.1.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-04-22-0755-PDN
03F8AA28FFDD2959FF7FFCB8FE267B1C.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: — The new species is distinguishable from the other member in the F. sarmentosa complex according to its glabrous bathphylls, rather big long-elliptical acrophylls with apex round, and tuberculate and muricate figs and the abaxial surface of lamina.	en	Zhang, Zhen, Chen, Yi-Jia, Mei, Li, Zou, Lu, Zhang, Mei-Jiao, Li, Hong-Qing, Zhang, De-Shun (2023): Phylogeny of the Ficus sarmentosa complex (Moraceae) uncovered an omitted species and the rank elevation of F. pubigera var. maliformis. Phytotaxa 579 (1): 17-31, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.579.1.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-04-22-0755-PDN
03F8AA28FFDD2959FF7FFCB8FE267B1C.taxon	description	Description: — Root-climber. Branchlets glabrous, celadon to brown, with some conspicuous lenticels around the nodes, 1 – 2 mm in diameter when juvenile, ca. 2 – 4 mm when mature. Stipules 2, 4 – 12 mm, triangular-lanceolate to long-lanceolate, reddish brown, fairy, caducous; bathphylls distichous but often reverse to all the laminas downward, petiole 0.5 – 2.5 cm long, greenish to brown, glabrous, lamina long-elliptical, 3 – 5 × 6 – 14.5 cm, thinly leathery, base narrowly cordiform, apex acuminate to short caudate, margin entire, veins 8 – 10 pairs, abaxially slightly raised and adaxially descending, basal vein short and up to 1 / 4 of lamina length; acrophylls distichous, petiole 0.5 – 2 (– 2.5) cm, brown, glabrous, lamina long-elliptical to oblong, 4 – 9 × (10 –) 13 – 26 cm, subcoriaceous to coriaceous, base rounded, apex obtuse, margin entire, veins 8 – 11 pairs, adaxially somewhat descending, abaxially slightly reticulate and sparely tuberculate, basal vein up to 1 / 3 of lamina length. Figs gynodioecious, axillary, solitary, peduncle 1.5 mm to sessile, basal bracts 3, ca. 2.5 mm, often deciduous, triangular, glabrous; receptacle globose to depressed globose, 1.5 – 2 cm in diameter, dark greenish or yellowish green, covered by bristle when juvenile and glabrescent when mature, sparely tuberculate; ostiole ca. 2 – 3 mm in diameter; internal hairs abundant, short, lissome, pellucid, ca. 1 mm in length. Staminate flowers numerous, scattered near the ostiole, pedicel 4 mm to sessile; calyx 4, light green to light pink, translucent, glabrous, ovate, lanceolate to linear, 2 – 2.5 mm in length, ca. 1 mm in width; stamens 2, lanceolate to oblong, about equal to tepals in length or slightly longer, filament absent. Gall flower numerous, pedicel sessile to the most 5 mm; calyx 4 – 5, pink, translucent, linear or spatulate, 2.5 – 3 mm in length and 0.5 mm in width, glabrous; ovary subsessile, obovoid, constricted at the base, 2 – 2.5 mm at height; style lateral, short, about 0.2 mm; stigmas mucronate. Pistillate flowers many, sessile to the most 5 mm, calyx 4 – 5 (– 6), spatulate, 2 – 3 mm in length and ca. 0.6 mm in width, glabrous; ovary obovoid, ca. 2 mm in height and ca. 2.5 mm at height; style lateral, shorter than the height of the ovary, 1 – 1.5 mm in height; stigmas threadlike.	en	Zhang, Zhen, Chen, Yi-Jia, Mei, Li, Zou, Lu, Zhang, Mei-Jiao, Li, Hong-Qing, Zhang, De-Shun (2023): Phylogeny of the Ficus sarmentosa complex (Moraceae) uncovered an omitted species and the rank elevation of F. pubigera var. maliformis. Phytotaxa 579 (1): 17-31, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.579.1.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-04-22-0755-PDN
03F8AA28FFDD2959FF7FFCB8FE267B1C.taxon	distribution	Distribution and Habitat: — CHINA. Yunnan Province: Xishuanbannan; Honghe; Lincang; Puer (type locality). — LAOS. Louang Namtha Province: Namtha District, Nalan Village. The new species lies on the ground or trunk under tropical evergreen broad-leaf forests at altitudes of 500 – 1500 m.	en	Zhang, Zhen, Chen, Yi-Jia, Mei, Li, Zou, Lu, Zhang, Mei-Jiao, Li, Hong-Qing, Zhang, De-Shun (2023): Phylogeny of the Ficus sarmentosa complex (Moraceae) uncovered an omitted species and the rank elevation of F. pubigera var. maliformis. Phytotaxa 579 (1): 17-31, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.579.1.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-04-22-0755-PDN
03F8AA28FFDD2959FF7FFCB8FE267B1C.taxon	etymology	Etymology: — The specific epithet is used to describe its key trait, muricate and tuberculate large fig. Its Chinese name “ Dzvffi ” should be spelled as “ Liu Guo Rong ”	en	Zhang, Zhen, Chen, Yi-Jia, Mei, Li, Zou, Lu, Zhang, Mei-Jiao, Li, Hong-Qing, Zhang, De-Shun (2023): Phylogeny of the Ficus sarmentosa complex (Moraceae) uncovered an omitted species and the rank elevation of F. pubigera var. maliformis. Phytotaxa 579 (1): 17-31, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.579.1.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-04-22-0755-PDN
03F8AA28FFDD2959FF7FFCB8FE267B1C.taxon	materials_examined	Additional specimens examined: — CHINA. Yunnan: Xishuanbanna, Menghai, 30 March 1957, Sino Soviet joint Yunnan elegation 5765 (KUN 0512889!); Yunnan: Xishuanbanna, Mengzhe, 2 March 1952, Sino Soviet joint Yunnan elegation 5453 (KUN 0512883!, KUN 0512884!); Yunnan: Xishuanbanna, Mengla, Manhua, Sheng Ji Pei 59 - 10817 (KUN 0512858!, NAS 00292427 [image]); Yunnan: Xishuanbanna, Mengyang, YeXiang Valley, Zhen Zhang, Xiao-Mei Wang & Hai-Yan Gao 20150901 a (HSNU!); Yunnan, Honghe, Lvchun, Dingsong River, Lu Men Zhou 47 (KUN 0781411!); Yunnan, Honghe, Lvchun, Qimaba, Hong-Qing Li & Zhen Zhang 2013170 (HSNU!); Yunnan, Puer, Menglian, Longshan, 28 December 2009, Hong-Qing Li 2009435 (HSUN 00058028!); Yunnan, Lincang, Cangyuan, 2 June 1974, Yan Hui Li 011885 (KUN 0512861!). — LAOS. Louang Namtha Province: Namtha District, Nalan Village, 10 November 2022, Dong-Li Quan, Bin Yang, Li Wang, Lothkham, Seng, Gam In L 1287 (HITBC!).	en	Zhang, Zhen, Chen, Yi-Jia, Mei, Li, Zou, Lu, Zhang, Mei-Jiao, Li, Hong-Qing, Zhang, De-Shun (2023): Phylogeny of the Ficus sarmentosa complex (Moraceae) uncovered an omitted species and the rank elevation of F. pubigera var. maliformis. Phytotaxa 579 (1): 17-31, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.579.1.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-04-22-0755-PDN
03F8AA28FFDD2959FF7FFCB8FE267B1C.taxon	discussion	Note: — Some specimens of the newly described species already existed in KUN and NAS collected from 1936 to 2000. However, these specimens were usually mistakenly identified as F. pubigera or F. pubigera var. maliformis, or even F. foveolata (Wall. ex Miq. 1848: 77) Miquel (1867: 294) earlier. Morphologically, F. muricata is obviously different from all varieties of F. pubigera in the aspects of long-elliptical acrophylls with apex round as well as big, muricate, and subglabrous figs.	en	Zhang, Zhen, Chen, Yi-Jia, Mei, Li, Zou, Lu, Zhang, Mei-Jiao, Li, Hong-Qing, Zhang, De-Shun (2023): Phylogeny of the Ficus sarmentosa complex (Moraceae) uncovered an omitted species and the rank elevation of F. pubigera var. maliformis. Phytotaxa 579 (1): 17-31, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.579.1.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-04-22-0755-PDN
03F8AA28FFD22959FF7FFEDAFAEE79A0.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — CHINA. Yunnan: Jingdong, 31 December 1939, M. K. Li 2747 (holotype IBSC 0001255!, isotypes IBSC 0374007!, KUN 1206455!, KUN 1206456!). The collecting number was misquoted as “ 2749 ” in the protologue.	en	Zhang, Zhen, Chen, Yi-Jia, Mei, Li, Zou, Lu, Zhang, Mei-Jiao, Li, Hong-Qing, Zhang, De-Shun (2023): Phylogeny of the Ficus sarmentosa complex (Moraceae) uncovered an omitted species and the rank elevation of F. pubigera var. maliformis. Phytotaxa 579 (1): 17-31, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.579.1.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-04-22-0755-PDN
03F8AA28FFD22959FF7FFEDAFAEE79A0.taxon	description	Description: — The morphological description of F. yunnanensis refer to Zhang Z. et al. (2020 a) with minor supplementary as followed: Figs receptacle elliptical to pyriform, 2 × 3 cm, greenish and turned into orange at maturity, covered by bristle when juvenile, subglabrous to covered by dense spikes.	en	Zhang, Zhen, Chen, Yi-Jia, Mei, Li, Zou, Lu, Zhang, Mei-Jiao, Li, Hong-Qing, Zhang, De-Shun (2023): Phylogeny of the Ficus sarmentosa complex (Moraceae) uncovered an omitted species and the rank elevation of F. pubigera var. maliformis. Phytotaxa 579 (1): 17-31, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.579.1.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-04-22-0755-PDN
03F8AA28FFD22959FF7FFEDAFAEE79A0.taxon	discussion	Note: — Based on the multi-loci phylogenetic tree, F. pubigera var. maliformis should be elevated as the species rank. Considering the priority doesn’t work outside the rank in which it is published (Art. 11.1 and 11.2 (Turland et al. 2018 )), F. yunnanensis was reinstated as a correct name, whereas F. pubigera var. maliformis is treated as a synonym here. Though their typification and species examination have been provided (Zhang Z. et al. 2020 a), the precise application of F. yunnanensis is challenging because of the extremely rare specimen records and color photos. Therefore, a detailed plate has been provided (Fig. 5) based on our fieldwork from Medog, Tibet in China.	en	Zhang, Zhen, Chen, Yi-Jia, Mei, Li, Zou, Lu, Zhang, Mei-Jiao, Li, Hong-Qing, Zhang, De-Shun (2023): Phylogeny of the Ficus sarmentosa complex (Moraceae) uncovered an omitted species and the rank elevation of F. pubigera var. maliformis. Phytotaxa 579 (1): 17-31, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.579.1.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-04-22-0755-PDN
