identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
E863C4D9C3395A29BD73AAEB71A75FB8.text	E863C4D9C3395A29BD73AAEB71A75FB8.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Neocinnamomum citratum C. Y. Deng, Bing Liu & Wei L. Lin 2026	<div><p>Neocinnamomum citratum C. Y. Deng, Bing Liu &amp; Wei L. Lin sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 2, 3, 4</p><p>Type.</p><p>China. Guizhou Province • Qianxinan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Xingyi City, Wanfenglin, Wanfu Village; alt. ca. 1178 m elev.; 17 Dec 2024; fruit; Bing Liu, Wei-Lan Lin, Zhi Yang &amp; Chao-Yi Deng 17921 (holotype: PE!; isotypes: PE!) .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>This new species is close to N. lecomtei but differs from sparsely white sericeous leaf blade on abaxial surface when young and glabrous when mature (vs. densely rusty pubescent on both surfaces when young and abaxially when mature) and oblate to globose fruits (vs. ellipsoid fruits), as well as its strong lemon fragrance of branches, leaves, and bark (vs. faint fragrance in the latter species).</p><p>Description.</p><p>Trees, 4.5–20 m tall. Bark yellowish brown, old bark gray. Branchlets terete, rusty, or white pubescent initially but soon glabrous. Leaves alternate. Petiole 0.6–1.4 cm long, rusty, or white tomentose when young. Leaf blade papyraceous, narrowly ovate to ovate, 3.5–13 × 1.5–5.3 cm, apex acuminate, base acuminate to obtuse; sparsely white sericeous on abaxial surface when young and glabrous on both surfaces when mature, abaxially white farinose, trinerved, secondary lateral veins inconspicuous, veinlets densely reticulate. Inflorescences cymules, axillary, rarely terminal, with 2 to more than ten flowers, peduncle 0.2–4 mm long, pedicels 0.5–1.0 cm long, peduncle and pedicels rusty pubescent. Bracts subulate, 1.5 mm long, densely rusty puberulent. Flowers bisexual, yellowish green, ca. 4 mm in diam. Perianth lobes 6, subequal, triangular-ovate, ca. 1.2–1.5 mm long, densely rusty puberulent outside and inside. Fertile stamens 9, ca. 1 mm long, rusty puberulent; filaments as long as anthers, those of 3 rd whorl each with 2 glands, others glandless; those of 1 st and 2 nd whorls each with 2 introrse cells and 2 lateral cells, 4 oval cells arranged in an almost transverse series; those of 3 rd whorl each with 2 extrorse cells and 2 lateral cells. Staminodes ovoid, ca. 0.4 mm long, nearly estipitate. Ovary ellipsoid-ovoid, ca. 0.8 mm long. Style short, stigma discoid. Fruit oblate to globose, 1.5–2 × 1.5–3 cm, red when mature. Perianth cup in fruit crateriform, 0.6–1 cm wide on top; perianth lobes in fruit persistent.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>Southwestern China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan) (Fig. 5, blue triangles).</p><p>Habitat.</p><p>This species occurs in evergreen forests of limestone mountains with an altitudinal range of 1000 to 1300 m. It blooms in May and June, and the fruits are mature during September and December.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The specific epithet “ citratum ” refers to the strong lemon fragrance of the branches, leaves, and bark of this species.</p><p>Additional specimens examined (paratypes).</p><p>CHINA. Guangxi Province • Napo County, Baidu, Nonghua, Nongbu; 16 May 2025; flower; Bing Liu, Wei-Lan Lin, Zhi-Yong Tang 18531 (PE!, KUN!, CSH!), 18535 (PE!) . Guizhou Province • Anlong County, Dewo, Tingxi; 18 Sep 1991; fruit; Chao-Yi Deng 50462 (KUN!) ; • Anlong County, Dewo, Dewo Village; 28 April 2025; flower; Chao-Yi Deng 20250428001 (XIN!) ; • Xingyi City, Wanfenglin, Wanfu Village; 11 May 2025; flower; Chao-Yi Deng 20250511001 (XIN!, PE!, KUN!) ; • Anlong County, Panlong, Yangjiawan; 13 May 2025; cultivated, flower; Bing Liu, Wei-Lan Lin, Zhi-Yong Tang 18456 (PE!) . Yunnan Province • Malipo County, Babu, Nadeng, Danong; 14 Oct 2010; fruit; Bing Liu 1175 (PE!) ; • Malipo County, Babu, Nadeng, Danong; 15 Dec 2024; fruit; Bing Liu, Wei-Lan Lin, Zhi Yang, Chao-Yi Deng 17901 (PE!, KUN!, CSH!) ; • Malipo County, Babu, Nadeng, Danong; 18 May 2025; flower; Bing Liu, Wei-Lan Lin, Zhi-Yong Tang 18563 (PE!, KUN!, CSH!), 18565 (PE!, CSH!), 18567 (PE!) .</p><p>Uses.</p><p>The branches, leaves, and bark of Neocinnamomum citratum have a strong lemon fragrance. Therefore, its leaves and branches are collected by the local people in Malipo County and used as spices for cooking.</p><p>Conservation.</p><p>There are five populations with more than 100 individuals. Based on IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria (IUCN 2024), the new species is categorized as “ Not Threatened ” (NT Blab (v) + D).</p><p>Notes.</p><p>The new species has a strong lemon fragrance in its branches, leaves, and bark, whereas other species of Neocinnamomum have only a faint fragrance. The rusty pubescence on the branchlets and the sparsely white sericeous pubescence on the abaxial surface of the leaf blade when young, becoming glabrous when mature, distinguish it from N. caudatum, N. fargesii, N. macrocarpum, and N. mekongense, which are nearly glabrous, as well as from N. delavayi and N. lecomtei, which are densely pubescent on both leaf surfaces when young and abaxially when mature. The oblate to globose fruits also distinguish this species from the ellipsoid to narrowly ellipsoid fruits of N. caudatum and N. lecomtei and from the ovoid to ellipsoid-ovoid fruits of N. fargesii, N. delavayi, N. macrocarpum, and N. mekongense (Table 1).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E863C4D9C3395A29BD73AAEB71A75FB8	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	Lin, Wei-Lan;Zhang, Zi-Yi;Deng, Chao-Yi;Xu, Wen-Bin;Liu, Bing	Lin, Wei-Lan, Zhang, Zi-Yi, Deng, Chao-Yi, Xu, Wen-Bin, Liu, Bing (2026): Taxonomic notes on Neocinnamomum (Lauraceae): a new combination and a new species from southwestern China. PhytoKeys 269: 209-220, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.269.177163
A8F987F76AC156C5B12455E8CE02F27F.text	A8F987F76AC156C5B12455E8CE02F27F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Neocinnamomum macrocarpum (Wen B. Xu & B. S. Xia) Bing Liu, Wei L. Lin & Wen B. Xu 2026	<div><p>Neocinnamomum macrocarpum (Wen B. Xu &amp; B. S. Xia) Bing Liu, Wei L. Lin &amp; Wen B. Xu, comb. et stat. nov.</p><p>Fig. 1</p><p>Basionym.</p><p>Neocinnamomum caudatum var. macrocarpum Wen B. Xu &amp; B. S. Xia, Guihaia, 37: 856. 2017.</p><p>Type.</p><p>China. Guangxi Province • Debao County, Dongling; 25 Nov 2014; fruit; Shou-Jun Zhang &amp; Wen-Bin Xu 140607 (holotype: HIB!) .</p><p>Additional specimens examined.</p><p>China. Guangxi Province • Debao County, Dongling; 1 Aug 2016; flower; Wen-Bin Xu &amp; Bo-Shun Xia 160801 (paratype, HIB!), Wen-Bin Xu &amp; Bo-Shun Xia 160802 (paratype: HIB!) ; • Long’an County, Dujie, Sanle, Zhusha; 8 Dec 2024; fruit; Bing Liu, Wei-Lan Lin, Zhi Yang 17840, 17842, 17843 (PE) ; • Long’an County, Dujie, Sanle, Zhusha; 14 May 2025; flower; Bing Liu, Wei-Lan Lin, Zhi-Yong Tang 18478 (PE) ; • Debao County, Dongling, Duomo, Duoli; 9 Dec 2024; fruit; Bing Liu, Wei-Lan Lin, Zhi Yang 17850, 17855 (PE) ; • Debao County, Dongling, Duole; 9 Dec 2024; fruit; Bing Liu, Wei-Lan Lin, Zhi Yang 17856, 17857 (PE) ; • Pingguo City, Haicheng, Yongliang, Longhe; 21 Jan 2025; Bing Liu, Wei-Lan Lin 18132 (PE) ; • Jingxi City, Ande, Xincun; 10 Nov 1956; Yin-Kun Li P 00834 (PE) ; • Jingxi City, Yuexu, Xiamin; 20 Aug 2021; Xi-Tao Li, Huan Xiao ZYA 01534 (PE) ; • Jingxi City, Huadong, Lixing; 1 Jun 2021; Shi-Yue Nong, Qiu-Yan Lu ZYB 00171 (PE) ; • Jingxi City, Huadong, Wuquan, Quantun; 10 Dec 2024; fruit; Bing Liu, Wei-Lan Lin, Zhi Yang 17877, 17878, 17879 (PE) ; • Jingxi City, Huadong, Wuquan, Quantun; 15 May 2025; flower; Bing Liu, Wei-Lan Lin, Zhi-Yong Tang 18517, 18519 (PE) .</p><p>Notes.</p><p>Neocinnamomum caudatum var. macrocarpum was published as a variety of N. caudatum . The two taxa share several characters, such as puberulent branchlets, glabrous leaf blades with numerous transverse veins, and dark purple fruits when mature. However, morphological differences indicate that N. caudatum var. macrocarpum should be elevated to species rank, namely N. macrocarpum . The main differences between the two species lie in leaf blade venation, inflorescence structure, flower size, and fruit shape. N. macrocarpum differs from N. caudatum by its triplinerved leaves (vs. trinerved leaves), axillary cymules or cymules rarely arranged in terminal panicles (vs. numerous cymules arranged in both axillary and terminal panicles), small flowers (3–4 mm in diameter vs. 6–8 mm in diameter), and widely ovoid fruits (2–3 × 1.6–2.8 cm vs. narrowly ellipsoid fruits, 1.5–2 × 0.8–1 cm) (Table 1).</p><p>The native range of N. macrocarpum is considerably larger than its type locality. Based on our field investigations, this species is widely distributed in southwestern Guangxi (Fig. 5, red triangles). Moreover, N. macrocarpum grows on limestone mountains, whereas N. caudatum occurs on granite or other non-limestone mountains.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A8F987F76AC156C5B12455E8CE02F27F	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	Lin, Wei-Lan;Zhang, Zi-Yi;Deng, Chao-Yi;Xu, Wen-Bin;Liu, Bing	Lin, Wei-Lan, Zhang, Zi-Yi, Deng, Chao-Yi, Xu, Wen-Bin, Liu, Bing (2026): Taxonomic notes on Neocinnamomum (Lauraceae): a new combination and a new species from southwestern China. PhytoKeys 269: 209-220, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.269.177163
