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03C287EBA4269C2EA2F998E0FE2D031D.text	03C287EBA4269C2EA2F998E0FE2D031D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Loropetalum axillare Y. S. Chen & Y. C. Xu 2023	<html xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
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            <p> Loropetalum axillare Y. S. Chen &amp; Y. C. Xu ,  sp. nov. (Figs. 4 &amp; 5) </p>
            <p> 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: IBSC0904409  ;  isotypes: IBSC0904410, IBSC0904411, PE; Fig. 6) . </p>
            <p>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.</p>
            <p>Phenology:— Flowering in September.</p>
            <p>Vernacular name:— Ḟfflff+, guang zhou ji mu in Chinese Pinyin.</p>
            <p> Etymology:— The specific epithet  ‘ axillare ’ refers to the axillary inflorescence. </p>
            <p> 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. </p>
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	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C287EBA4269C2EA2F998E0FE2D031D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Jin, Zi-Chao;Xu, Lian-Sheng;Xu, Ye-Chun;Chen, You-Sheng	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
