Thladiantha subglobosa (Cucurbitaceae), a new floral-oil-offering species from southern China

Meng Zhang; Ying Qin; Susanne S. Renner; Hanno Schaefer; Shuang Quan Huang

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.637.2.7

Thladiantha subglobosa (Cucurbitaceae), a new floral-oil-offering species from southern China

Meng Zhang, Ying Qin, Susanne S. Renner, Hanno Schaefer, Shuang Quan Huang

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2 Scopus citations

Abstract

During field work on mutualisms between oil bees and Cucurbitaceae in Yunnan, China, we discovered a new species of Thladiantha that we here describe and illustrate. It is overall similar to T. globicarpa a.M.Lu & Zhi Y.Zhang from guangxi, but differs in the shape of its fruits. DNa sequences of the new species analyzed in the context of a densely sampled phylogeny of Thladiantha confirm its distinctness from all other species. The molecular data also revealed another collection of the new species made in guangxi in 1937. Like all Thladiantha, the new species offers oil in glandular hairs on its petals and is pollinated by oil-collecting Ctenoplectra bees.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	199-205
Number of pages	7
Journal	Phytotaxa
Volume	637
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.637.2.7
State	Published - Feb 20 2024

Keywords

Cucurbitaceae
oil bee pollination
taxonomy
Thladiantha

Access to Document

10.11646/phytotaxa.637.2.7

Cite this

@article{68dc3cab71004d4684757f03f4ad40dd,

title = "Thladiantha subglobosa (Cucurbitaceae), a new floral-oil-offering species from southern China",

abstract = "During field work on mutualisms between oil bees and Cucurbitaceae in Yunnan, China, we discovered a new species of Thladiantha that we here describe and illustrate. It is overall similar to T. globicarpa a.M.Lu & Zhi Y.Zhang from guangxi, but differs in the shape of its fruits. DNa sequences of the new species analyzed in the context of a densely sampled phylogeny of Thladiantha confirm its distinctness from all other species. The molecular data also revealed another collection of the new species made in guangxi in 1937. Like all Thladiantha, the new species offers oil in glandular hairs on its petals and is pollinated by oil-collecting Ctenoplectra bees.",

keywords = "Cucurbitaceae, oil bee pollination, taxonomy, Thladiantha",

author = "Meng Zhang and Ying Qin and Renner, {Susanne S.} and Hanno Schaefer and Huang, {Shuang Quan}",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2024 Magnolia Press.",

year = "2024",

month = feb,

day = "20",

doi = "10.11646/phytotaxa.637.2.7",

language = "English",

volume = "637",

pages = "199--205",

journal = "Phytotaxa",

issn = "1179-3155",

number = "2",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Thladiantha subglobosa (Cucurbitaceae), a new floral-oil-offering species from southern China

AU - Zhang, Meng

AU - Qin, Ying

AU - Renner, Susanne S.

AU - Schaefer, Hanno

AU - Huang, Shuang Quan

PY - 2024/2/20

Y1 - 2024/2/20

N2 - During field work on mutualisms between oil bees and Cucurbitaceae in Yunnan, China, we discovered a new species of Thladiantha that we here describe and illustrate. It is overall similar to T. globicarpa a.M.Lu & Zhi Y.Zhang from guangxi, but differs in the shape of its fruits. DNa sequences of the new species analyzed in the context of a densely sampled phylogeny of Thladiantha confirm its distinctness from all other species. The molecular data also revealed another collection of the new species made in guangxi in 1937. Like all Thladiantha, the new species offers oil in glandular hairs on its petals and is pollinated by oil-collecting Ctenoplectra bees.

AB - During field work on mutualisms between oil bees and Cucurbitaceae in Yunnan, China, we discovered a new species of Thladiantha that we here describe and illustrate. It is overall similar to T. globicarpa a.M.Lu & Zhi Y.Zhang from guangxi, but differs in the shape of its fruits. DNa sequences of the new species analyzed in the context of a densely sampled phylogeny of Thladiantha confirm its distinctness from all other species. The molecular data also revealed another collection of the new species made in guangxi in 1937. Like all Thladiantha, the new species offers oil in glandular hairs on its petals and is pollinated by oil-collecting Ctenoplectra bees.

KW - Cucurbitaceae

KW - oil bee pollination

KW - taxonomy

KW - Thladiantha

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85185767354&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.11646/phytotaxa.637.2.7

DO - 10.11646/phytotaxa.637.2.7

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85185767354

SN - 1179-3155

VL - 637

SP - 199

EP - 205

JO - Phytotaxa

JF - Phytotaxa

IS - 2

ER -

Thladiantha subglobosa (Cucurbitaceae), a new floral-oil-offering species from southern China

Abstract

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this