Ottelia songmingensis (Z.T. Jiang, H. Li & Z.L. Dao) Z.Z. Li, Q.F. Wang & J.M. Chen

Li, Zhi-Zhong, Wang, Qing-Feng & Chen, Jin-Ming, 2022, Ottelia songmingensis, a new rank and combination of Hydrocharitaceae from China, Phytotaxa 554 (1), pp. 101-102 : 101

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.554.1.9
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6819276
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scientific name	Ottelia songmingensis (Z.T. Jiang, H. Li & Z.L. Dao) Z.Z. Li, Q.F. Wang & J.M. Chen
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Ottelia songmingensis (Z.T. Jiang, H. Li & Z.L. Dao) Z.Z. Li, Q.F. Wang & J.M. Chen , stat. & comb. nov.

Basionym:— Ottelia acuminata (Gagnepain) Dandy var. songmingensis Z.T.Jiang, H.Li & Z.L.Dao (2005: 425) View in CoL

Type:— CHINA. Yunnan: Songming County, Heilongtan Spring , elev. ca. 1965 m, on slowly flowing ditches, from 40 cm to 1 m or more deep, 21 August 2003, Z. T. Jiang & Z. L. Dao 221 (♂, holotype KUN!); Z. T. Jiang & Z. L. Dao 222 (♀, paratype KUN!)

Distribution and habitat:— Ottelia songmingensis presently is only recorded from Songming County, Yunnan Province, China. It grows along streams, where the water depth is from 40 cm to 1 m or deeper.

Note:— This species is close to Ottelia guanyangensis and O. fengshanensis but differs in owing unisexual flowers, long banded leaf and unwinged fruit.