taxonID	type	description	language	source
D484BDD6BD825839886141C3271B284B.taxon	description	Figs 4, 5	en	Song, Xiang-wen, Xu, Tao, Wang, Wei, Han, Bang-xing, Li, Guang-yan, Yi, Shan-yong (2026): Polygonatum dabieshanensis (Asparagaceae), a new species from the Dabieshan Mountains, Anhui and Henan provinces, China. PhytoKeys 269: 31-42, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.269.173145
D484BDD6BD825839886141C3271B284B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The new species similar to P. praecox, P. cyrtonema, and P. odoratum. It differs from P. praecox in having a terete rhizome, white corolla, 2 – 4 seeds; differs from P. cyrtonema in having a terete rhizome, white corolla, filament cylindrical and extending inwardly, smooth, and glabrous, 2 – 4 seeds; differs from P. odoratum in having a yellow rhizome, upper part angled stem, 2 – 4 seeds.	en	Song, Xiang-wen, Xu, Tao, Wang, Wei, Han, Bang-xing, Li, Guang-yan, Yi, Shan-yong (2026): Polygonatum dabieshanensis (Asparagaceae), a new species from the Dabieshan Mountains, Anhui and Henan provinces, China. PhytoKeys 269: 31-42, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.269.173145
D484BDD6BD825839886141C3271B284B.taxon	description	Description. Rhizome terete, 1.0 – 2.0 cm thick. Stem arching, 30 – 70 cm, glabrous, and terete. Leaves 10 – 18, alternate; petiole short or nearly sessile; leaf blade elliptic, 5.0 – 7.0 × 3.5 – 5.0 cm, apex usually short mucro. Inflorescences raceme, 1 – 2 (3) flowered; peduncle 1.0 – 1.5 cm; bracteoles borne on the middle part of pedicel, subulate, 0.5 – 1.5 mm, or absent. Flowers pendulous, pedicel 0.5 – 1.0 cm long. Perianth white, campanulate-cylindrical, 1.5 – 2.0 cm long; lobes 2 – 3 mm long, excurved. Filaments inserted near the distal 1 / 2 of the perianth tube, cylindrical and extending inwardly, 2.5 – 5.0 mm long, smooth, apex without saccate-convex. Anthers 3.0 – 3.5 mm long. Ovary 3 – 5 mm in diam. Berries blue-black, 0.8 – 1.0 cm in diam, 2 – 4 seeded.	en	Song, Xiang-wen, Xu, Tao, Wang, Wei, Han, Bang-xing, Li, Guang-yan, Yi, Shan-yong (2026): Polygonatum dabieshanensis (Asparagaceae), a new species from the Dabieshan Mountains, Anhui and Henan provinces, China. PhytoKeys 269: 31-42, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.269.173145
D484BDD6BD825839886141C3271B284B.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat. Primarily in moist, deciduous, bamboo forests and broad-leaved forests, 150 – 1000 meters; documented on the slopes of Dabieshan Mountains, in Anhui and Henan Provinces.	en	Song, Xiang-wen, Xu, Tao, Wang, Wei, Han, Bang-xing, Li, Guang-yan, Yi, Shan-yong (2026): Polygonatum dabieshanensis (Asparagaceae), a new species from the Dabieshan Mountains, Anhui and Henan provinces, China. PhytoKeys 269: 31-42, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.269.173145
D484BDD6BD825839886141C3271B284B.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Derived from the name of the Dabieshan Mountains, where Polygonatum dabieshanensis was discovered.	en	Song, Xiang-wen, Xu, Tao, Wang, Wei, Han, Bang-xing, Li, Guang-yan, Yi, Shan-yong (2026): Polygonatum dabieshanensis (Asparagaceae), a new species from the Dabieshan Mountains, Anhui and Henan provinces, China. PhytoKeys 269: 31-42, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.269.173145
