%0 Journal Article
%T A new species of Scutellaria (Scutellarioideae, Lamiaceae) from Sichuan Province in southwest China
%A Chun-Lei Xiang
%A En-De Liu
%A Fei Zhao
%A Hua Peng
%J Archive of "PeerJ".
%D 2017
%R 10.7717/peerj.3624
%X Scutellaria wuana, a new species discovered from a xeric valley in Muli County of Sichuan Province in southwest China, is described and illustrated. Morphologically, the new species shares similarities with S. mairei, but can be readily distinguished by a suite of morphological characters including a white-pubescent erect stem, conspicuous leaf petioles, and a yellow corolla with a trapeziform lower-middle lip lobe. The habitat and distribution of S. wuana are also distinctive. The position of the new species within Scutellaria is examined in a phylogenetic context using the nuclear ribosomal internal and external transcribed spacers. Additionally, we examine leaf epidermal and pollen grain micromorphology of the new species and putative relatives
%K China
%K Endemisim
%K Morphology
%K Scutellaria
%K SEM observation
%K Taxonomy
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5550825/