TITLE:
A New Species of Ehretia, Ehretia retroserrata in Nujiang County, Yunnan Province, China
AUTHORS:
Shaoyong Yang, Fan Du, Dan Zhou, Zhaoqiang Hou
KEYWORDS:
Ehretia, Ehretia retroserrata, Serrate, Retrose, Apiculate, Characteristics, Nujiang County, Yunnan Province, China
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Plant Sciences,
Vol.6 No.1,
January
26,
2015
ABSTRACT: On the investigation of the biodiverisities of plant resources of Nujiang River Valley in Nujiang Autonomous Prefacure, Yunnan Province, China, a new species of Ehretia has been described and illustrated as Ehretia retroserrata in the arid valley of Nujiang according to the new living state of erect shrub and the characteristics of serrate leave margin, retrose, apiculate, endocarp divided at maturity into 4 1-seeded pyrene and serrate leaves margins by comparison with other species of the genus Ehretia.