taxonID	type	description	language	source
AE584D2B9169531FB153D295D2F5AF09.taxon	description	Figs 1, 2	en	Tong, Yi-Hua, Ye, Xue-He, Ni, Jing-Bo, Wang, Bing-Mou, Zheng, Xi-Rong (2026): Agapetes lichengii (Ericaceae), a new species from Xizang, China. PhytoKeys 269: 183-191, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.269.177341
AE584D2B9169531FB153D295D2F5AF09.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Agapetes lichengii is morphologically similar to A. pentastigma in having pseudo-whorled leaves, corymbose inflorescences, greenish yellow corolla with crimson transverse bands and capitate stigmas, but can be distinguished from it by the elliptic to oblanceolate (vs. oblong-lanceolate) leaf blades with an obtuse or slightly auriculate (vs. attenuate) base, corolla with a constricted (vs. not constricted) basal part, V-shaped (vs. ladder-like) stripes and triangular and spreading or slightly reflexed (vs. triangular-lanceolate and reflexed) lobes, anthers without dorsal spurs (vs. with two small dorsal spurs), stigma without gap between crenae (vs. with obvious gap between crenae), and filament scars forming a rounded ring (vs. a pentagonal ring) on fruit top (Fig. 3; Table 1).	en	Tong, Yi-Hua, Ye, Xue-He, Ni, Jing-Bo, Wang, Bing-Mou, Zheng, Xi-Rong (2026): Agapetes lichengii (Ericaceae), a new species from Xizang, China. PhytoKeys 269: 183-191, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.269.177341
AE584D2B9169531FB153D295D2F5AF09.taxon	description	Description. Evergreen shrubs, epiphytic, with woody fusiformed tubers. Branches robust, dark brown, glabrous. Leaves alternate, pseudo-whorled; petiole subsessile, 1 – 3 mm long, light green, glabrous; blades leathery, adaxially green, abaxially pale green, elliptic to oblanceolate, 13 – 22 × 4.2 – 7.5 cm, length: width 2.6 – 4.2, glabrous on both sides, midvein impressed at base, flat or slightly elevated on the upper half, raised abaxially, lateral veins 17 – 19 pairs, together with veinlets raised and conspicuous on both sides; leaf base obtuse or slightly auriculate, margin repand, subentire or obtusely dentate, each dentation with a gland at the tip, apex obtuse or acute. Inflorescence corymbose, 2 – 9 - flowered, axillary; rachis 2 – 9 mm long, glabrous; bracts small, lanceolate to linear, 2 – 4 mm long, margin ciliate, apex acute; bracteoles 2, inserted at the base of pedicel, lanceolate, glabrous, 1 – 2 mm long; pedicels expanded upwards, clavate, 2.6 – 3.5 cm long, glabrous, articulated with calyx. Calyx tube green, 4 – 5 mm long, glabrous, lobes narrowly triangular, 7 – 15 × ca. 4 mm, glabrous, apex acute. Corolla pale yellow to greenish yellow, cerise on angles, with crimson V-shaped transverse bands between angles, tubular, constricted at base, slightly wider in the middle part, 5 - angled; tube 4.5 – 5 × ca. 0.8 cm, glabrous on both sides; lobes yellowish green, triangular, 8 – 9 × 6 – 7 mm, apex acute, glabrous, spreading or slightly reflexed. Stamens 10, 4.5 – 4.7 cm long, filaments flat, curved, 5 – 6 mm long, pubescent on the upper part; anthers coherent, 4.1 – 4.4 cm long, thecae densely echinate, brown, 6 – 7 mm long, tubules 3.5 – 3.7 cm long, sparsely echinate, opening by apical pores, without spurs on the back. Ovary inferior, pseudo- 10 - locular, each locule with several ovules; disc yellowish, glabrous; style slender, ca. 5 cm long, glabrous, slightly expanded upwards, exserted ca. 6 mm from the connate anther tubules; stigma capitate, 5 - crenated, without obvious gap between crenae. Infructescence rachis 1.9 – 2 cm long, ca. 4 mm thick, glabrous. Fruit pedicel greenish white, 2.8 – 3 cm long, expanded upwards, ca. 6 mm thick at top. Young fruits greenish, cup-shaped, 1.5 – 1.7 cm long including persistent calyx lobes, 0.8 – 0.9 cm in diam., flat topped with a rounded ring of 10 distinct filament scars.	en	Tong, Yi-Hua, Ye, Xue-He, Ni, Jing-Bo, Wang, Bing-Mou, Zheng, Xi-Rong (2026): Agapetes lichengii (Ericaceae), a new species from Xizang, China. PhytoKeys 269: 183-191, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.269.177341
AE584D2B9169531FB153D295D2F5AF09.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species is named in honor of Mr. Li Cheng, who devoted lots of time and energy to the biodiversity conservation of Mêdog County, and is also one of the discoverers of this new species. The Chinese name is given as 李成树萝卜 (pinyin: lĬ chéng shù luó bo).	en	Tong, Yi-Hua, Ye, Xue-He, Ni, Jing-Bo, Wang, Bing-Mou, Zheng, Xi-Rong (2026): Agapetes lichengii (Ericaceae), a new species from Xizang, China. PhytoKeys 269: 183-191, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.269.177341
AE584D2B9169531FB153D295D2F5AF09.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat. At present, Agapetes lichengii is known only from the type locality, i. e., Mêdog County, Xizang Autonomous Region, China. It usually grows on large tree trunks near the crown in rainforests at an elevation of ca. 680 m.	en	Tong, Yi-Hua, Ye, Xue-He, Ni, Jing-Bo, Wang, Bing-Mou, Zheng, Xi-Rong (2026): Agapetes lichengii (Ericaceae), a new species from Xizang, China. PhytoKeys 269: 183-191, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.269.177341
