taxonID	type	description	language	source
03C287EBA4269C2EA2F998E0FE2D031D.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — China. Guangdong: Guangzhou, Zengcheng District, Dafengmen Scenic Area, growing by the stream in the valley, elev. 200 – 400 m, 11 September 2022, Y. S. Chen, Y. C. Xu et Y. P. Zeng 22241 (Holotype: IBSC 0904409; isotypes: IBSC 0904410, IBSC 0904411, PE; Fig. 6).	en	Jin, Zi-Chao, Xu, Lian-Sheng, Xu, Ye-Chun, Chen, You-Sheng (2023): Loropetalum axillare (Hamamelidaceae), a new species from Guangdong, China. Phytotaxa 622 (1): 85-94, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.622.1.6, URL: https://phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/download/phytotaxa.622.1.6/51243
03C287EBA4269C2EA2F998E0FE2D031D.taxon	description	Description: — Shrubs or small trees, ca. 2 m tall, much branched; branchlets densely stellately pubescent. Stipules triangular-lanceolate, 2 – 3 × 0.5 – 1 mm, stellately pubescent; petioles 2 – 4 mm long, stellately pubescent; leaf narrow blade ovate, narrow elliptic, 2 – 6.5 × 1 – 2 cm, margin entire, apex acuminate, base oblique; abaxially densely stellately pubescent, adaxially sparsely pubescent or stellately pubescent, lateral veins 3 – 5 on each side, abaxially prominent. Inflorescence axillary; 3 – 6 - flowered; peduncle absent; bracts linear or lanceolate, 2 – 4.5 mm long; flowers nearly sessile; coexistence with leaves. Floral cup cupular, stellately pubescent, 1.2 – 2 mm. Sepals ovate, 2 – 3 mm long. Petals 3 – 5, white, 0.5 – 1 cm long, linear, apex obtuse or rounded. Stamens 4, ca. 1 mm long, filaments very short, connective elongated into a horn, 0.1 – 0.2 mm long, anthers ovoid. Capsules globose or ovoid, 3 – 7 × 4 – 8 mm, densely stellately pubescent, hairs brown, apex rounded, adnate to floral cup for 1 / 3 – 1 / 4 of their length. Seeds brownish black, ovoidglobose or ellipsoid, 4 – 5 × 2 – 3 mm.	en	Jin, Zi-Chao, Xu, Lian-Sheng, Xu, Ye-Chun, Chen, You-Sheng (2023): Loropetalum axillare (Hamamelidaceae), a new species from Guangdong, China. Phytotaxa 622 (1): 85-94, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.622.1.6, URL: https://phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/download/phytotaxa.622.1.6/51243
03C287EBA4269C2EA2F998E0FE2D031D.taxon	biology_ecology	Phenology: — Flowering in September.	en	Jin, Zi-Chao, Xu, Lian-Sheng, Xu, Ye-Chun, Chen, You-Sheng (2023): Loropetalum axillare (Hamamelidaceae), a new species from Guangdong, China. Phytotaxa 622 (1): 85-94, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.622.1.6, URL: https://phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/download/phytotaxa.622.1.6/51243
03C287EBA4269C2EA2F998E0FE2D031D.taxon	vernacular_names	Vernacular name: — Ḟfflff +, guang zhou ji mu in Chinese Pinyin.	en	Jin, Zi-Chao, Xu, Lian-Sheng, Xu, Ye-Chun, Chen, You-Sheng (2023): Loropetalum axillare (Hamamelidaceae), a new species from Guangdong, China. Phytotaxa 622 (1): 85-94, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.622.1.6, URL: https://phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/download/phytotaxa.622.1.6/51243
03C287EBA4269C2EA2F998E0FE2D031D.taxon	etymology	Etymology: — The specific epithet ‘ axillare ’ refers to the axillary inflorescence.	en	Jin, Zi-Chao, Xu, Lian-Sheng, Xu, Ye-Chun, Chen, You-Sheng (2023): Loropetalum axillare (Hamamelidaceae), a new species from Guangdong, China. Phytotaxa 622 (1): 85-94, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.622.1.6, URL: https://phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/download/phytotaxa.622.1.6/51243
03C287EBA4269C2EA2F998E0FE2D031D.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat: — Loropetalum axillare is currently only known from the Dafengmen Scenic Area, Zengcheng District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China (Figure 7). It grows by the stream in the valley at elevations of 200 – 400 m above sea level.	en	Jin, Zi-Chao, Xu, Lian-Sheng, Xu, Ye-Chun, Chen, You-Sheng (2023): Loropetalum axillare (Hamamelidaceae), a new species from Guangdong, China. Phytotaxa 622 (1): 85-94, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.622.1.6, URL: https://phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/download/phytotaxa.622.1.6/51243
