taxonID	type	description	language	source
EFA7FDC3DA4D561CB40C824B45CB7B75.taxon	description	Figs 1, 2	en	Wei, Dan, Xu, Yuan, Hao, Gang, Utteridge, Timothy M. A. (2024): Maesa flabellifera (Primulaceae), a new species from southeast Yunnan, China. PhytoKeys 248: 189-197, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.248.135449
EFA7FDC3DA4D561CB40C824B45CB7B75.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Maesa flabellifera is morphologically similar to M. permollis, but clearly differs from the latter in the indumentum (lacking hairs vs. rusty hirsute hairs present), inflorescence structure (panicles 4.0 - 6.5 cm long with 7 - 16 branches vs. racemes or panicles 1 - 3 cm long with up to 3 branches). It is also similar to M. kurzii, but can be distinguished by the indumentum (lacking hairs vs. presence of rusty tomentose and strigose hairs) and lamina texture (membranaceous vs. chartaceous).	en	Wei, Dan, Xu, Yuan, Hao, Gang, Utteridge, Timothy M. A. (2024): Maesa flabellifera (Primulaceae), a new species from southeast Yunnan, China. PhytoKeys 248: 189-197, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.248.135449
EFA7FDC3DA4D561CB40C824B45CB7B75.taxon	description	Description. Large shrub, up to 2.5 m tall. Indumentum all parts lacking hairs, scales present on leaves, inflorescences and fruits, scales peltate, black, ± sessile, circular with irregular margins. Branches dark green with scattered lenticels, sparsely scaly. Leaves lamina broadly elliptic to obovate, 15 - 35 cm long, 6 - 20 cm wide, membranaceous, dark green above, pale grey-green below, adaxial and abaxial surface sparsely scaly; base obtuse to cuneate; margins serrulate-serrate with 20 - 34 teeth on each side; apex acuminate to obtuse, sometimes emarginate; mid-rib sparsely scaly adaxially and abaxially; secondary veins 10 - 18 pairs, craspedodromous; densely longitudinally glandular lines; petiole 1.5 - 3.0 cm long, sparsely scaly. Staminate inflorescences lateral (axillary), sometimes terminal, panicles, with 7 - 16 branches, 4.0 - 6.5 cm long, axis scaly; pedicels 0.5 - 1.5 mm long; bracts ovate, 1.20 - 1.65 mm long, scaly to densely scaly, margins entire, apex acute; bracteoles ± opposite, inserted at the base of the hypanthium, triangular, 0.90 - 1.35 mm long, 0.4 - 0.6 mm wide, apex acute, margins entire, scaly. Staminate flowers pentamerous, white; calyx lobes triangular, 1.25 - 1.60 mm long, 0.70 - 1.05 mm wide, margins entire, apex acute to rounded; corolla tube 1.9 - 2.3 mm long, corolla lobes broadly triangular, 1.45 - 1.55 mm long, 1.5 - 1.8 mm wide, margins entire, apex rounded; stamens 5, arising 0.8 - 1.0 mm from the base of the corolla, filaments 1.14 - 1.37 mm long, anthers 0.59 - 0.69 mm long; hypanthium 0.75 - 1.20 mm long, scaly to sparsely scaly; style 1.5 - 2.0 mm long, stigma ± 3 - lobed. Pistillate inflorescences and flowers not seen. Fruits sub-globose, ca. 3.5 mm long, ca. 3 mm in diameter, scaly to sparsely scaly; pedicels at fruiting 0.50 - 1.66 mm long; bracteoles remaining ± opposite at the base of the fruit; persistent calyx lobes non-overlapping.	en	Wei, Dan, Xu, Yuan, Hao, Gang, Utteridge, Timothy M. A. (2024): Maesa flabellifera (Primulaceae), a new species from southeast Yunnan, China. PhytoKeys 248: 189-197, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.248.135449
EFA7FDC3DA4D561CB40C824B45CB7B75.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat. According to the specimens examined and the recent field investigations, Maesa flabellifera is presently found in Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province (Map 1). It is common in evergreen broad-leaved mixed forests at elevations of 1500 - 2200 m.	en	Wei, Dan, Xu, Yuan, Hao, Gang, Utteridge, Timothy M. A. (2024): Maesa flabellifera (Primulaceae), a new species from southeast Yunnan, China. PhytoKeys 248: 189-197, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.248.135449
EFA7FDC3DA4D561CB40C824B45CB7B75.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet ‘ flabellifera ’ is derived from the Latin ‘ flabella’ and ‘ fera’ to refer to its inflorescence with 7 - 16 branches of almost equal length and spreading, looking like a branching fan.	en	Wei, Dan, Xu, Yuan, Hao, Gang, Utteridge, Timothy M. A. (2024): Maesa flabellifera (Primulaceae), a new species from southeast Yunnan, China. PhytoKeys 248: 189-197, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.248.135449
