Saussurea sagittifolia (Asteraceae, Cardueae), a new species from the Bashan Mountains region in China, is described and illustrated. This species belongs to Saussurea subg. Saussurea sect. Rosulescentes and is similar to S. oligocephala, but differs by its basal leaves triangular-ovate, margin with 8–15 pairs of small sharp teeth, apex acuminate, base with auricular protrusion (vs. basal leaves ovate to obovate-elliptic, margin sinuate or coarsely dentate, apex acute to obtuse, base cuneate-attenuate), cauline leaves more than 10, triangular, lanceolate, linear to subulate (vs. cauline leaves 2–4, linear).
Primulina lechangensis (Gesneriaceae), a new species from northern Guangdong province in southern China is described and illustrated. Its morphology suggests affinities to P. longicalyx, but can be distinguished from similar taxon by several distinct characters including: smaller leaf blade (2.0-3.5 × 1.0-1.2 cm), base cuneate-attenuate; smaller bracts (1.0-1.5 × c. 0.15 cm); shorter calyx lobes (0.8-0.9 cm long) tuberculate inside; smaller corolla tube (c. 2 cm long), inflated in the middle and contracted near the mouth; shorter glabrous filaments (0.3-0.4 cm long), inserted 1.3-1.5 cm from base of corolla; stamens and staminodes glabrous; pistil 1.4-1.5 cm long, and capsule c. 1.5 cm long. This species is further exemplified by photographs, and a distribution map is presented.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjpt.v21i2.21359Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 21(2): 187-191, 2014 (December)
A new species of Gesneriaceace, Primulina yangchunensis, is described and illustrated from China. The species is related to P. orthandra, but it can be easily distinguished by its leaf blade base cuneate, margin entire and rugose, both surfaces hispid, longer bracts broadly lanceolate, 1–2 cm long, and the length of the abaxial lip obviously longer than that of the adaxial one. The conservation status of this new species was assessed as “Critically Endangered” (CR) according to IUCN Red List Category and Criteria.
Litsea dorsalicana, a new species of Lauraceae from northern Guangxi, China is described and illustrated. It is similar to Litsea elongata, but can be distinguished from the latter by twigs, buds and abaxial leaf surface densely covered with gray-white pubescence, leaf blade oblanceolate to oblong, to 29.5 cm long, 10.5 cm wide, base cuneate to attenuate, fruit red, cupule cup-shaped, once or twice cleft at the margin.
Primulina lechangensis (Gesneriaceae), A new species from a limestone cave of northern Guangdong, China