Additions to the Flora of China: three new species of Elatostema (Urticaceae) from Guangxi

摘要

Three new species are described and illustrated and their conservation status assessed: Elatostema laevicaule W. T. Wang, A. K. Monro & Y.G. Wei, E. androstachyum W. T. Wang, A. K. Monro & Y.G. Wei and E. heterocladum W. T. Wang, A. K. Monro & Y.G. Wei. All are rare endemic species from Guangxi Province, China, and are only known only from their type localities. E. laevicaule is most similar to E. filipes and is assessed as Vulnerable (VU), E. androstachyum is most similar to E. parvum and is assessed as Vulnerable (VU); E. heterocladum is most similar to both E. androstachyum and E. luxiense and is assessed as Vulnerable (VU).