| Title | Teucrium danxiacola (Lamiaceae), a New Species from Danixa Landform of Eastern China |
| Author | Ding, Hong-Bo |
| Publication | SYSTEMATIC BOTANY |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Corresponding Author | Li, B |
| Abstract | danxiacola (Lamiaceae), a new species endemic to the Danxia landform of Jiangxi Province, eastern China, is described and illustrated here. Molecular phylogenetic analyses based on five plastid markers (matK, rbcL, rps16, ndhF and trnL-trnF) and nuclear ribosome ITS sequence data confirm its systematic placement within the genus Teucrium. Morphologically, the new species resembles T. viscidum and T. veronicoides, but is distinguished by the following characters: subcordate leaf base (vs. rounded to cuneate in T. viscidum; truncate to subcordate in T. veronicoides); a calyx covered with white spreading villous hairs (vs. glandular villous in T. viscidum; subglabrous in T. veronicoides) and posterior lateral lobes of the corolla bearing white spreading villous hairs (vs. subglabrous in both T. viscidum and T. veronicoides). |
