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MICHELIA XINNINGIA (MAGNOLIACEAE) - A NEW SPECIES FROM CHINA

QI-XIA MA, QING-WEN ZENG, REN-ZHANG ZHOU AND FU-WU XING*

Abstract: Michelia xinningia Law & R. Z. Zhou, a new species from Xing'an County, Guangxi Province, China, is described and illustrated. This species is similar to M. platypetala Hand.-Mazz., but differs in its buds, young twigs, lower surfaces of leaves and petioles with golden villose; tepals obovate, outer ones 4-5×c.2cm, filaments red, anthers laterally dehiscent.
 

South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou - 510650, China.
Corresponding Author: xinfw@scib.ac.cn