Rohdea medogensis (Asparagaceae), a new species from southeast Tibet, China

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This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Feng, Hui Zhe, Ren, Yong Zhu Ci, He, Xuan, Han, Qing Xiang, Lin, Qin Wen (2022): Rohdea medogensis (Asparagaceae), a new species from southeast Tibet, China. Phytotaxa 542 (1): 90-94, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.542.1.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.542.1.8

Abstract

Rohdea medogensis, a new species from Tibet, China, is described and illustrated. This species is similar to R. verruculosa in sharing characters of the perianth with ringed, fleshy appendage in throat and lobes abaxially with verruculose, but differs mainly by bracts 3 per flower, with several sterile bracts apically; outer bract ca. 4.5 cm long, ca. 3 mm broad; perianth globular; lobes shorter ca. 2.0 mm long, margin lacerated, apical subacut; the top of annular appendage margin lacerated, 2 mm above the top of perianth tube; stigma bend, without lobed; style conspicuous; ovary globose or subglobose, askew; berry and seed ellipsoid, askew.

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