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SUBMITTER: Zhou M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6112259 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Plant diversity 20170513 3
<i>Holttumochloa</i> has previously only been recorded from Malaysia. Here we describe and illustrate a new species, <i>Holttumochloa hainanensis sp. nov.</i>, from the lowland montane forests of Diaoluo Mountain on the Island of Hainan, South China. Morphologically, <i>H. hainanensis</i> is similar to <i>Holttumochloa korbuensis</i>, but can be clearly distinguished from it in having larger culms covered by white wax, longer leaf blades, larger pseudospikelets and anthers. Furthermore, molecula ...[more]