taxonID	type	description	language	source
AE4511AB0F0655A0A079ACAA5E5811E5.taxon	description	Figs 1, 2	en	Zhang, Xin-Jian, Fu *, Quan-Sheng, Chen, Jun-Tong, Li, Li-Juan, Luo, Peng-Rui, Peng, Jing-Yi, Huang, Xian-Han, Sun, Hang, Deng, Tao (2021): Saxifraga viridiflora (Saxifragaceae), an unusual new species from Guangxi, China. PhytoKeys 184: 19-26, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.184.73421, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.184.73421
AE4511AB0F0655A0A079ACAA5E5811E5.taxon	materials_examined	Type. China. Guangxi: Guilin City, Yongfu County, Baishou Town, 109 ° 46 ' 58.99 " E, 25 ° 5 ' 15.5 " N, 586 m alt., 27 June 2021, X. J. Zhang, D. X. Luo Zhangxj 98 (Holotype: KUN!; Isotypes: JIU!, SYS!).	en	Zhang, Xin-Jian, Fu *, Quan-Sheng, Chen, Jun-Tong, Li, Li-Juan, Luo, Peng-Rui, Peng, Jing-Yi, Huang, Xian-Han, Sun, Hang, Deng, Tao (2021): Saxifraga viridiflora (Saxifragaceae), an unusual new species from Guangxi, China. PhytoKeys 184: 19-26, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.184.73421, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.184.73421
AE4511AB0F0655A0A079ACAA5E5811E5.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Saxifraga viridiflora is easily distinguished from any other species of Saxifraga sect. Irregulares by having greenish petals (vs. white petals). S. viridiflora morphologically resembles S. epiphylla and S. kegangii, but is distinct from the latter two in its leaf blade abaxially scarlet with white spots (vs. abaxially greenish / reddish with brown or yellow-green spots), and sepals with verruculose surface (vs. sepals without verruculose surface) (Table 1).	en	Zhang, Xin-Jian, Fu *, Quan-Sheng, Chen, Jun-Tong, Li, Li-Juan, Luo, Peng-Rui, Peng, Jing-Yi, Huang, Xian-Han, Sun, Hang, Deng, Tao (2021): Saxifraga viridiflora (Saxifragaceae), an unusual new species from Guangxi, China. PhytoKeys 184: 19-26, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.184.73421, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.184.73421
AE4511AB0F0655A0A079ACAA5E5811E5.taxon	description	Description. Perennial herbs, 12 - 30 cm tall. Stolons absent. Rhizomes rather short. Leaves all basal; petiole 5 - 12 cm long, crisped villous dark-purple (ca. 6 mm); leaf blade reniform, thick leathery, 2.5 - 4.0 cm long x 3.5 - 5.3 cm wide, base cordate, margin undulate, apex obtuse, both surfaces crisped villous dark-purple (5.0 - 9.0 mm long), adaxially greenish, abaxially purple or dark red, with white spots. Inflorescence paniculate, ca. 20 cm long. 5 - 10 - flowered; branches 2.0 - 3.0 cm long, glandular pubescent, 1 - 2 - flowered; pedicels slender, 1.0 - 2.0 cm long, glandular pubescent. Flowers zygomorphic; sepals 5, spreading to reflexed, narrowly ovate, 2.5 - 3.5 mm long x 1.5 - 2 mm wide, glabrous, abaxially red, with white verruculose, adaxially greenish, 3 - 5 - veined, apex obtuse. Petals 5, greenish, margin entire, glabrous, apex acute; the three smallest lanceolate, 3.0 - 4.0 mm long x 1.0 - 1.2 mm wide, 3 - veined; the two largest lanceolate oblong, 0.7 - 1.4 cm long x 1.0 - 1.2 mm wide, 3 - veined. Stamens 10, 3.2 - 4.0 mm long. Ovary ovoid, 1.5 - 2.0 mm long, disc obscure; styles divergent ca. 1.0 - 1.8 mm long. Capsule beaks winged when mature, carpels 5 - 7 mm long x 3 - 4 mm wide. Seeds elliptic, the two sides slightly bent, ca. 0.6 mm long.	en	Zhang, Xin-Jian, Fu *, Quan-Sheng, Chen, Jun-Tong, Li, Li-Juan, Luo, Peng-Rui, Peng, Jing-Yi, Huang, Xian-Han, Sun, Hang, Deng, Tao (2021): Saxifraga viridiflora (Saxifragaceae), an unusual new species from Guangxi, China. PhytoKeys 184: 19-26, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.184.73421, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.184.73421
AE4511AB0F0655A0A079ACAA5E5811E5.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the flowers of this new species that are green throughout the flowering period, differing from those of all other known Saxifraga sect. Irregulares species. The Chinese name is given as " 绿花虎耳草 " (lǜ hua hǔ er cǎo), referring to the greenish petals of the new species.	en	Zhang, Xin-Jian, Fu *, Quan-Sheng, Chen, Jun-Tong, Li, Li-Juan, Luo, Peng-Rui, Peng, Jing-Yi, Huang, Xian-Han, Sun, Hang, Deng, Tao (2021): Saxifraga viridiflora (Saxifragaceae), an unusual new species from Guangxi, China. PhytoKeys 184: 19-26, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.184.73421, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.184.73421
AE4511AB0F0655A0A079ACAA5E5811E5.taxon	distribution	Distribution and ecology. The new species, Saxifraga viridiflora, is currently known only from Yongfu County, Guangxi Province, China. It was observed to grow on dry limestone under dense jungles at altitudes between 500 and 600 m.	en	Zhang, Xin-Jian, Fu *, Quan-Sheng, Chen, Jun-Tong, Li, Li-Juan, Luo, Peng-Rui, Peng, Jing-Yi, Huang, Xian-Han, Sun, Hang, Deng, Tao (2021): Saxifraga viridiflora (Saxifragaceae), an unusual new species from Guangxi, China. PhytoKeys 184: 19-26, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.184.73421, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.184.73421
