Author(s)

Shaoyong Yang¹, Fan Du^2*, Dan Zhou², Zhaoqiang Hou²

¹Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, China.
²Forestry College, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, China.

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.

Ehretia, Ehretia retroserrata, Serrate, Retrose, Apiculate, Characteristics, Nujiang County, Yunnan Province, China

Yang, S. , Du, F. , Zhou, D. and Hou, Z. (2015) A New Species of Ehretia, Ehretia retroserrata in Nujiang County, Yunnan Province, China. American Journal of Plant Sciences, 6, 260-263. doi: 10.4236/ajps.2015.61029.