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OBSERVATIONS AND A NEW SPECIES IN THE GENUS PSEUDOPYXIS (RUBIACEAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 2007

Tao Chen*
Affiliation:
Institute of Urban Management Sciences, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518036, China. E-mail: taochen.mobg@gmail.com
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Abstract

Specimens of Pseudopyxis Miq. (Rubiaceae) from China and Japan were studied and compared. As the plants from China differ considerably from those from Japan a new species, Pseudopyxis monilirhizoma T.Chen, is described and a key to Pseudopyxis is presented.

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Copyright © Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh 2007

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