identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
CDE34226FF385C3DB78E833F6DAE72E7.text	CDE34226FF385C3DB78E833F6DAE72E7.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Vaccinium ardisioides C. B. Clarke	<div><p>Vaccinium ardisioides Hook. f. ex C. B. Clarke, Fl. Brit. India 3 (9): 452 (1882)</p><p>Fig. 3</p><p>= Vaccinium rubescens R. C. Fang, Novon 9 (2): 174 (1999); R. C. Fang &amp; P. F. Stevens, Fl. China 14: 494 (2005). syn. nov. Type: China. Yunnan Province • Ximeng County, 2000 m a. s. l., Y. C. Du D 580156 [fl.] (holotype: KUN, 1209485!; isotype: KUN, 1209486!) .</p><p>Type.</p><p>Myanmar. [Bago Region?] • Thoung-gyun [Taungoo], 1800 m a. s. l., T. Lobb s. n. [young fl.] (Lectotype, K, K 000639731, image!, designated by Sleumer 1941: 477) ; remaining syntype: MYANMAR. [Kayin State] • Nat-toung, C. Parish s. n. [young fl.] (K, K 000639732, image!) .</p><p>Description.</p><p>Evergreen shrubs, epiphytic, 1–2 m tall. Twigs reddish brown when young, becoming grayish brown when older, terete, glabrous, without or with very sparse lenticels. Buds ovoid-conical, ca. 7 mm long, ca. 3.5 mm wide; bud scales ca. 5 mm long, triangular, apex acuminate, glabrous, caducous. Leaves alternate, pseudowhorled, 3–8 per whorl. Petiole subsessile, light green, glabrous and pruinose. Leaf blades leathery, elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, 7.5–13 × 2.5–4 cm, length: width 3–3.5, base narrowly obtuse or subcordate, margin entire, apex acuminate to shortly caudate, glabrous on both sides; midvein raised on both sides, more so abaxially; lateral veins 10–16 pairs, anastomosing near the margin, raised on both sides; veinlets conspicuous and raised on both sides. Inflorescences racemose, axillary, (10) 17–27 - flowered; rachis 6–11 cm long, pink or purplish red, rarely greenish, angular, pruinose, flowers secund; bracts lanceolate, ca. 2.5 mm long, caducous; bracteoles linear-lanceolate, ca. 1.5 mm long, inserted at the base of pedicel, caducous; pedicels expanded upwards, clavate to obconical, 0.7–1.5 cm long, pink or purplish red, rarely greenish, pruinose, articulated with calyx. Calyx tube cupulate, 1.7–2.5 mm long, purplish red or purple, rarely greenish, glabrous and pruinose; calyx limb shortly campanulate, ca. 2.2 mm long, pink or purplish red, rarely yellowish green, lobed less than 1 / 2 to base; lobes broadly triangular, apex acute, with a terminal gland, 0.5–1 mm long. Corolla white-pinkish or pinkish, turning to purplish red later; tubular-urceolate, 7–9 mm long, glabrous externally and internally; lobes reflexed, broadly triangular, ca. 1 mm long, apex obtuse. Stamens 10, ca. 7.5 mm long; filaments flat, 2–3.5 mm long, lower half nearly glabrous, upper half pubescent, more so at the apex; anthers ca. 5 mm long; thecae 2–3 mm long; tubules almost as long as thecae, opening by terminal short introrse slits ca. 1 mm long at the apex, with 2 small erect spurs at the middle abaxially, spurs ca. 0.5 mm long. Ovary inferior, pseudo- 10 - locular, each locule with several ovules; disc ca. 3 mm in diam., glabrous; style ca. 8.5 mm long, exserted ca. 1 mm from the connate anther tubules, glabrous, slightly constricted at the joint with stigma, stigma truncate. Infructescence rachis 8–15 cm long, glabrous; fruit pedicel purplish-red, pruinose. Fruit globose, 4–6 mm in diam., young fruit yellowish green, purple-black at maturity, glabrous, pruinose, calyx lobes persistent.</p><p>Chinese name.</p><p>红梗越橘 (Chinese pinyin: hóng gěng yuè jú).</p><p>Distribution and habitat.</p><p>This species is distributed in Southwest China (Southwest Yunnan), East Myanmar (Kachin State, Kayin State, Mon State, and Shan State), and Northwest Thailand (Chiang Mai and Tak) (Sleumer 1941; Watthana 2015) (Fig. 4). This species is usually epiphytic on trees in evergreen broad-leaved forests or along riversides at elevations of 1400–2500 m.</p><p>Phenology.</p><p>Flowering and fruiting from February to June.</p><p>Conservation status.</p><p>Based on specimen records, more than 20 locations of V. ardisioides have been recorded, and its distribution range covers a relatively large area across China, Myanmar, and Thailand, with an expected extent of occurrence (EOO) of ca. 280,000 km 2. This species is not economically valuable, and no evidence of severe population decline has been observed. Therefore, the conservation status of this species is assessed as Least Concern (LC) (IUCN Standards and Petitions Committee 2024).</p><p>Taxonomic notes.</p><p>The types, including paratypes, of V. rubescens are completely consistent with those of typical V. ardisioides in both key vegetative and reproductive characters, such as 5–7 pseudo-whorled leaves with subsessile petioles, leathery oblong-lanceolate leaf blades with narrowly obtuse bases, entire margins, and acuminate apices, midveins raised on both sides, lateral veins 10–12 pairs, anastomosing near the margin and raised on both sides, axillary racemose inflorescences with many secund flowers and purplish-red angular rachises, clavate and purplish-red pedicels, cupulate calyx tubes, triangular calyx lobes, ovoid-conical floral buds, and tubules nearly as long as thecae and with two short spurs at the middle abaxially. Therefore, V. rubescens should be treated as a synonym of V. ardisioides .</p><p>Additional specimens examined.</p><p>China. Yunnan Province • Cangyuan County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=99.21583&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=23.287228" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 99.21583/lat 23.287228)">Wengding mountain pass to Mengleng reservoir</a>, 23°17'14.02"N, 99°12'56.98"E, 2016 m a. s. l., 2 March 2014, C. Liu, H. R. Zi &amp; J. C. Zhao 14 CS 8412 [fl.] (KUN, 1338863) • Cangyuan County, Shanjia Xiang to Gaduocun, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=99.40104&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=23.151846" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 99.40104/lat 23.151846)">Nandan Line</a>, 23°09'06.65"N, 99°24'03.73"E, 1996 m a. s. l., 20 March 2018, C. Liu, J. D. Ya &amp; C. H. Li 18 CS 16734 [fl.] (KUN, 1486788) • Cangyuan County, 15 April 2022, J. Q. Zhu TYH- 2566 [fl.] (IBSC) • Gengma County, Xishan, 2150 m a. s. l., 4 May 1955, P. Y. Mao 05574 [young fr.] (IBSC, 0528635; KUN, 1209488; PE, 01909132) ; ibid., 1 May 1964, Y. H. Li 004983 [young fr.] (HITBC, 31659; KUN, 1209489; IBSC, 0420053) • Gengma County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=99.36281&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=23.627073" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 99.36281/lat 23.627073)">Nantianmen</a>, 23°37'37.46"N, 99°21'46.12"E, 1992 m a. s. l., 7 May 2021, Gengma Chinese Medicine Resources Expedition 5309260805 [young fr.] (KUN, 1530538) • Lu-se [ Mangshi City], 2100 m a. s. l., 5 March 1934, H. T. Tsai 56424 [fl.] (KUN, 1209487 &amp; 1209490; PE, 00197058; SZ, 00137852) • Shuangjiang County, Mengku Daxueshan, ancient tea garden, 2500 m a. s. l., 1 April 2005, S. S. Zhou 2566 [fl.] (PE, 01909131) • Shuangjiang County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=99.71997&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=23.567854" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 99.71997/lat 23.567854)">Chenjiabanleng Houshan</a>, 23°34'4.27"N, 99°43'11.90"E, 2387 m a. s. l., 7 June 2020, Shuangjiang Chinese Medicine Resources Expedition 5309250482 [young fr.] (KUN, 1531407) . Myanmar. Kachin State • Bhamo District, Sinlum Kaba, Kachin Hills, 1524 m a. s. l., 11 April 1912, J. H. Lace 5784 [fl.] (E, E 00887329, image) . Mon State • pass over Dawna Range, Paingkyu [Paingkyon] to Talé, 1524 m a. s. l., 23 February 1909, J. H. LACE 4647 [fl.] (E, E 00887330, image) . Thailand. Tak Province • <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=98.416664&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=17.283333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 98.416664/lat 17.283333)">Doi Pae Poe, approximately 90 km. NW of Tak</a>, 17°17'N, 98°25'E, 1400 m a. s. l., 13 March 1968, B. Hansen &amp; T. Smitinand 12900 [young fl.] (P, P 04473481, image; E, E 01580277, images) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CDE34226FF385C3DB78E833F6DAE72E7	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	Liang, Xiao-Han;Ni, Jing-Bo;Tong, Yi-Hua	Liang, Xiao-Han, Ni, Jing-Bo, Tong, Yi-Hua (2026): Vaccinium fangianum (Ericaceae), a new species from Northwest Yunnan, China, with critical notes on V. ardisioides. PhytoKeys 275: 61-71, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.275.197108
45F41004C62B5BDFBCDCD6CB3C8D1CC8.text	45F41004C62B5BDFBCDCD6CB3C8D1CC8.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Vaccinium fangianum X. H. Liang & Y. H. Tong 2026	<div><p>Vaccinium fangianum X. H. Liang &amp; Y. H. Tong sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 2</p><p>Vaccinium ardisioides auct. non Hook. f. ex C. B. Clarke: Fang &amp; Stevens, Fl. China 14: 493 (2005), p. p.</p><p>Type.</p><p>China. Yunnan Province • Gongshan County, Dulongjiang Township, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=98.272354&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=27.674385" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 98.272354/lat 27.674385)">Maku Village</a>, 27°40'27.79"N, 98°16'20.45"E, 1231 m a. s. l., 8 March 2023, Y. H. Tong, J. B. Ni, B. M. Wang &amp; W. H. Pan TYH- 2595 [fl.] (holotype: IBSC; isotypes: IBSC, KUN, PE) .</p><p>Description.</p><p>Evergreen shrubs, epiphytic on tree trunks or branches, 0.5–1.2 m tall. Twigs fuscous when young, becoming grayish brown when older, terete, glabrous, with scattered white lenticels. Buds ovoid-globose, ca. 5 mm long, 3 mm wide; bud scales ca. 4 mm long, triangular, apex acute, glabrous, caducous. Leaves alternate, pseudowhorled, 2–5 per whorl. Petiole subsessile, 1–2 mm long, light green, glabrous and pruinose. Leaf blades leathery, ovate-lanceolate to ovate, 6–14 × 3–6 cm, length: width 1.8–2.6, base broadly obtuse or subcordate, margin entire, slightly revolute, apex acuminate, glabrous on both sides; midvein together with lateral veins impressed adaxially, raised abaxially; lateral veins 8–12 pairs, anastomosing near the margin; veinlets slightly conspicuous on both sides. Inflorescences racemose, axillary, (10 –) 24–35 - flowered; rachis 5–10 cm long, greenish, angular, glabrous, slightly pruinose, flowers secund; bracts narrowly triangular, 2.5 mm long, bracteoles not seen; pedicels expanded upwards, clavate, 6–7.5 mm long, greenish, glabrous, articulated with calyx. Calyx tube cupulate, ca. 2.5 mm long, greenish, glabrous, pruinose; calyx limb 1.7–2.0 mm long, yellowish green, nearly lobed to the base; lobes narrowly triangular, apex acute, yellowish green, more or less tinged with purplish, ca. 1.5 mm long. Corolla yellowish green, tubular, 5 - angled, 7–9 mm long, glabrous externally, villous internally; lobes triangular, ca. 1 mm long, spreading or slightly reflexed. Stamens 10, 6.6–7 mm long, filaments flat, ca. 3 mm long, pilose; anthers coherent, ca. 4 mm long, without spurs abaxially; thecae ca. 1.5 mm long; tubules ca. 2.5 mm long, opening by terminal short introrse slits ca. 1 mm long. Ovary inferior, pseudo- 10 - locular, each locule with several ovules; disc ca. 2.5 mm in diam., glabrous; style ca. 7.5 mm long, exserted ca. 1 mm from the connate anther tubules, glabrous, stigma slightly expanded, capitate. Infructescence rachis 5–12 cm long, glabrous. Fruit pedicel pale purplish, carnosus. Fruit ellipsoid, ca. 3 mm in diam., young fruit yellowish green, turning purplish red later and finally white tinged with purple at maturity, glabrous, calyx lobes persistent.</p><p>Distribution and habitat.</p><p>Vaccinium fangianum is currently known only from Dulongjiang Township, Gongshan County, Yunnan Province, Southwest China (Fig. 4). It is usually epiphytic on tree trunks in evergreen broad-leaved and mixed forests at elevations of 1200–1500 m.</p><p>Phenology.</p><p>Flowering from March to April and fruiting in May to July.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The species is named in honor of Prof. Rhui-Cheng Fang, who has made great contributions to our knowledge of Vaccinium in China. The Chinese name is given as 瑞征越橘 (Chinese pinyin: ruì zhēng yuè jú).</p><p>Conservation status.</p><p>Although this species is known only from Dulongjiang Township, its type locality is very close to the China – Myanmar border, so it is likely also distributed in adjacent Northeastern Myanmar. Therefore, until further investigations are conducted, this species should be classified as Data Deficient (DD) according to the IUCN Red List conservation categories (IUCN Standards and Petitions Committee 2024).</p><p>Taxonomic notes.</p><p>Vaccinium fangianum should be assigned to V. sect. Epigynium (Klotzsch) Hook. f. due to its evergreen habit, pseudo-verticillate leaves, elongated racemose inflorescences, and stamens without spurs on the back of anthers (Sleumer 1941; Stevens 1969; Vander Kloet and Dickinson 2009). Notably, species of V. sect. Epigynium usually have serrate leaf margins, but V. fangianum and V. ardisioides uniquely bear entire leaf blades, which can distinguish them from other congeners in this section (Fang and Stevens 2005). In the key to Vaccinium in the account of the “ Flora of China ” (Fang and Stevens 2005), V. fangianum is keyed out as close to V. ardisioides . The main differences between the two species have been indicated in the Introduction and Table 1. Furthermore, they have an allopatric distribution: V. fangianum is endemic to Northwest Yunnan (Dulongjiang), while V. ardisioides is distributed in Southwest Yunnan, China, Southeast Myanmar, and West Thailand.</p><p>Additional specimens examined (paratypes).</p><p>China. Yunnan Province • Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, Gongshan County, Dulongjiang Township: The Fourth Village on the West Bank of Dulong River, Maku, 1300 m a. s. l., 19 November 1959, G. M. Feng 24370 [st.] (KUN, 0231235, 0231236 &amp; 0231237) • Mabiluo, 1310 m a. s. l., 30 December 1990, Dulongjiang Expedition 1395 [fl. bud] (KUN, 0231242; CAS, 519293, image) • Telawang River, 1380 m a. s. l., 31 January 1991, Dulongjiang Expedition 3847 [fl. bud] (KUN, 0231243 &amp; 0231244), 3876 [young fl.] (KUN, 0231245 &amp; 0231246; CAS, 519294, image) • Mabidang, 1400 m a. s. l., 8 March 1991, Dulongjiang Expedition 4626 [fl.] (KUN, 0231238 &amp; 0231239) • Bapo, 1380 m a. s. l., 9 March 1991, Dulongjiang Expedition 4676 [fl.] (KUN, 0231249 &amp; 0231250) ; ibid., 1350 m a. s. l., 15 May 1991, Dulongjiang Expedition 6759 [young fr.] (KUN, 0231240 &amp; 0231241) • Qinlangdang, 1280 m a. s. l., 10 March 1991, Dulongjiang Expedition 4485 [fl.] (KUN, 0231248; CAS, 288443, image) • Silaluo, 1450 m a. s. l., 13 March 1991, Dulongjiang Expedition 4725 [fl.] (KUN, 0231247) • Mengluo, 1320 m a. s. l., 14 May 1991, Dulongjiang Expedition 6727 [young fr.] (KUN, 0231251 &amp; 0231252) • <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=98.32287&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=27.817648" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 98.32287/lat 27.817648)">Kongdang to Bapo</a>, 27°49'3.53"N, 98°19'22.32"E, 1448 m a. s. l., 13 July 2011, Y. H. Tong 11071311 &amp; 11071312 [st.] (IBSC) • <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=98.35475&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=27.710348" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 98.35475/lat 27.710348)">Mengdang to Langwangduo</a>, 27°42'37.25"N, 98°21'17.11"E, 1414 m a. s. l., 14 July 2011, Y. H. Tong 11071408 &amp; 11071409 [st.] (IBSC) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/45F41004C62B5BDFBCDCD6CB3C8D1CC8	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	Liang, Xiao-Han;Ni, Jing-Bo;Tong, Yi-Hua	Liang, Xiao-Han, Ni, Jing-Bo, Tong, Yi-Hua (2026): Vaccinium fangianum (Ericaceae), a new species from Northwest Yunnan, China, with critical notes on V. ardisioides. PhytoKeys 275: 61-71, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.275.197108
