2025/04/25 by Dong‐Li Quan, Yun‐Hong Tan · 1 voice
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies #Plant Diversity and Evolution #Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
paper · pdf · doi:10.3897/phytokeys.255.143380
openalex publication_date 2025/04/25 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02
Eumachia brevipedunculata is a newly-identified species of the tribe Palicoureeae of Rubiaceae from Yunnan, China. It is morphologically similar to E. straminea , but differs by its smaller stipules, shorter petioles, smaller leaf blades, reduced inflorescences with shorter peduncles, axes and pedicels, longer calyx lobes, yellow-green flowers with shorter corolla tubes and shorter anthers. This species is widely found in southern Yunnan, but has long been misidentified as Psychotria . We clarify its taxonomic status and provide a description and illustration here.