identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
8D91C8DC9D08572F9539ED2FD52BCD79.text	8D91C8DC9D08572F9539ED2FD52BCD79.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Balanophora xinfeniae C. L. Fu, M. Li & B. Xu 2025	<div><p>Balanophora xinfeniae C. L. Fu, M. Li &amp; B. Xu sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 3, 4</p><p>Type.</p><p>China • Xizang Autonomous Region: Motuo County (Mêdog), <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=95.19186&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=29.210161" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 95.19186/lat 29.210161)">Gelin Village</a>, 29.210161, 95.191856, alt. 1650 m, 29 Apr 2024 (fl.), Meng Li, C. L. Fu &amp; J. N. Zhou YLZB 11691 - A (holotype: CDBI! Barcode number: CDBI 0298364, ♀; isotypes: NAS! Barcode number: NAS 00708465; NF!) .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Balanophora xinfeniae is morphologically similar to B. henryi, but the two species can be distinguished by several features. The tuber branching shape of B. xinfeniae is characterized as flat spheroid or subglobose, whereas that of B. henryi is irregularly spherical or oblate. The scapes of B. xinfeniae are yellow, in contrast to the red or red-to-yellow scapes of B. henryi . In B. xinfeniae, the apical margins of the leaves are prominently serrate, whereas those of B. henryi are entire. The female inflorescence of B. xinfeniae is nearly spherical or ovoid-ellipsoid, while that of B. henryi is broadly ovoid. The flowering period of B. xinfeniae is from April to May, compared to September to November for B. henryi (Table 2; Fig. 2).</p><p>Description.</p><p>Plants dioecious. Tuber yellowish brown, branched or unbranched, surface scabrous, densely covered with granular warts; tuber branches flat spheroid or subglobose, 0.8–2.0 cm in diam. Scapes yellow, 2–12 × 0.5–1.2 cm. Leaves 6–10, yellow to reddish, opposite, scaly, oblong-ovate, apical margins prominently and irregularly serrate, with serrations arranged approximately parallel to the leaf margin, 1.2–3.5 × 0.3–1.8 cm. Male inflorescences subspheroid to ovoid-ellipsoid, 1.8–2.5 × 1.5–2.0 cm. Bracts truncate with expanded liplike margin, fused side by side into a hexagonal alveolus. Male flowers: pedicellate, inserted basally in alveolus, 3 - merous, 2–4 mm in diam. Perianth lobes broadly deltoid. Synandria subdiscoid; anthers 3, transversely dehiscent. Female inflorescence nearly spherical or ovoid-ellipsoid. Claviform bodies obovoid, shortly stiped, apically truncate; cuticular ridges of apical cells labyrinth-like. Female flowers: both in the lower parts of the claviform bodies and on the main axis of the inflorescence.</p><p>Distribution and habitat.</p><p>The new species is currently known only from the type locality in Gelin Village, Motuo County, Xizang Autonomous Region (Fig. 5). It grows in shaded forest habitats on moist mountain slopes. The hosts are usually species of Fagaceae, such as Quercus lamellosa and Castanopsis indica .</p><p>Phenology.</p><p>The species has been observed flowering from April to May.</p><p>Etymology. The species epithet xinfeniae honors Prof. Xin-Fen Gao (former curator of the CDBI Herbarium), a distinguished botanist who made significant contributions to the taxonomy of seed plants, lycopods, and pteridophytes.</p><p>Vernacular name.</p><p>Chinese Mandarin: Xìn fēn shé gū (信芬蛇菰).</p><p>Additional specimens examined.</p><p>China • Xizang Autonomous Region: Motuo County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=95.19186&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=29.210161" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 95.19186/lat 29.210161)">Gelin Village</a>, 29.210161°N, 95.191856°E, alt. 1650 m, 29 Apr 2024 (fl.), Meng Li, C. L. Fu &amp; J. N. Zhou YLZB 11691 - B (paratype: CDBI! Barcode number: CDBI 0298363, ♂; NAS! Barcode number: NAS 00708510, ♂; NF!, ♂) ; • <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=95.189095&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=29.220615" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 95.189095/lat 29.220615)">Gelin Village</a>, 29.220615°N, 95.189094°E, alt. 1602 m, 1 May 2024 (fl.), Meng Li MD 2405013 - B (paratype: CDBI! Barcode number: CDBI 0298362, ♂) ; • Gelin Village, alt. 1700 m, 24 May 1983 (fl.), B. S. Li, S. Z. Cheng &amp; Z. C. Nie 03761 (PE! Barcode number: PE 01491372; PE 01801408) ; • Beibeng Township, alt. 1650 m, 11 May 1983 (fl.), S. Z. Cheng, Z. C. Nie &amp; B. S. Li 04844 (PE! Barcode number: PE 01491371) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8D91C8DC9D08572F9539ED2FD52BCD79	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Fu, Chen-Long;Zhou, Jia-Ning;Liao, Wei-Hua;Zhang, Tong;Xu, Bo;Li, Meng	Fu, Chen-Long, Zhou, Jia-Ning, Liao, Wei-Hua, Zhang, Tong, Xu, Bo, Li, Meng (2025): Balanophora xinfeniae (Balanophoraceae), a new species from Xizang, China. PhytoKeys 266: 241-252, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.266.147400
