全 文 ：植 物 分 类 学 报 45 (3): 341–342(2007) doi:10.1360/aps06065
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Received: 6 April 2006 Accepted: 20 October 2006
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Sabia lanceolata Colebr., a newly recorded species of
Sabiaceae from China
DENG Yun-Fei* GUO Li-Xiu**
(South China Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China)
Abstract Sabia lanceolata Colebr. of Sabiaceae is reported as a new record to China. The
species is different from other Chinese species in its amplexicaul leaves and cordate leaf-base.
It is related to S. parviflora Wall., but differs in its leaf blades elliptic-oblong to lanceolate,
base cordate, cymes 10–30-flowered, drupelets obovoid to oblong-obovoid or pyriform, 7–10
mm in diam.
Key words Sabiaceae, Sabia, Sabia lanceolata Colebr., new record, China.
The genus Sabia Colebr. consists of about twenty-five species. It is distributed in S. E.
Asia and Malesian region (Chen, 1943; van de Water, 1980; Law & Wu, 1982; Wu, 1985;
Deng, 2001).
In the course of revising the genus Sabia in Chinese herbaria, some specimens collected
from Xizang were found different from those species reported from China in their leaves
amplexicaul and leaf-base cordate (Chen, 1943; van de Water, 1980; Law & Wu, 1982; Wu,
1985; Chen, 1986). Further studies showed that it represents a species, Sabia lanceolata
Colebr., which has not yet been reported from China.
Sabia lanceolata Colebr. in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 12: 355, t. 14, 181. Type: Bangladesh.
Silhet, Colebrooke s.n. (holotype, K!).
Sabia kachinica Chen in Sargentia 3: 63, fig. 8. 1943. Type: Myanmar (Burma). Kachin
Hills, alt. 600–900 m, 1930-03-12, F. K. Ward 9018 (holotype, A; isotype, BM!).
狭叶清风藤 新拟
An evergreen woody climber or scandent shrub. Twigs glabrous. Leaves elliptic-oblong
to lanceolate, 5–22×1.5–8 cm, herbaceous to pergamentaeous, glabrous, base cordate,
amplexicaule, margin entire, apex acute or acuminate, lateral veins 6–12 pairs, obvious,
straight or sometimes curved; petioles 0–1.2 cm, glabrous. Cymes solitary, axillary, or
arranged in an axillary thyrse, 1.5–7 cm long, 10–30-flowered, glabrous; pedicels up to 1.3
cm; bracteoles ovate to oblong-ovate, up to 1.2 mm, often near calyx, glabrous, ciliolate or
not. Flowers green to white. Sepals broadly ovate to ovate, 0.7–1.3(–2)×0.7–1(–1.5) mm,
acute to obtuse, glabrous, ciliolate or not. Petals oblong-ovate to oblong, 3.5–5.5×1.5–2 mm,
acute or narrowly obtuse, veins ca. 6, but often obscure by many “granules” forming dotted
lines. Stamens 1.5–2 mm; filaments flattened, 1–2 mm long, 0.3–0.5 mm wide; anthers
globular or ellipsoid, 0.2–0.3 mm long, inflexed. Disk crown-shaped; lobes short, but often
with distinctly disciform apices; ribs often faint or absent. Pistil 1.2–1.7 mm; style cylindrical
to slightly conical, 0.6–1 mm, much shorter than the adjacent side of the drupelet; ovary
broadly transverse-ellipsoid, 0.6–0.7×0.7–1 mm, glabrous. Drupelets distinctly obovoid to
oblong-obovoid or pyriform, somewhat compressed, 12–15×7–10 mm, probably blue when
fresh, with or without persistent petals and stamens at the base; reticulate pattern faint or
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absent.
Sabia lanceolata is distributed in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar and China. The
specimens from Xizang represent the first record of this species from China.
China. Xizang (西藏): Mêdog (墨脱), Nigulong (尼古龙), alt. 1020 m, in forest,
1983-01-30, B. S. Li & S. Z. Cheng (李渤生, 程树志) 3539 (PE), Beibeng (背崩) to
Maniweng (马尼翁), alt. 900 m, in forest, 1992-11-05, H. Sun et al. (孙航等) ETM-1094
(KUN), Didong (地东), East bank of river, alt. 700 m, 1992-12-13, H. Sun et al. (孙航等)
ETM-2218 (KUN).
Specimens cited above are different from the typical S. lanceolata in having cordate leaf
base. It seems that the Chinese specimens represent a different taxon. We do not treat it as an
independent taxon because this character is not sufficient to differentiate them. In Kew
herbarium, we saw a specimen collected from Bhutan which has both cordate and cuneate
leaf-base.
Sabia lanceolata Colebr. is related to S. parviflora Wall., but differs in its leaf blades
elliptic-oblong to lanceolate (vs. ovate-lanceolate or narrowly oblong), leaf-base cordate or
cuneate (vs. acute to rounded), cymes 10–30-flowered (vs. 2–8-flowered), drupelets obovoid
to oblong-obovoid or pyriform (vs. suborbicular), 7–10 (vs. 3–7) mm in diam.

Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank the curators of the following herbaria
for the facilities: E, IBSC, K, KUN and PE.
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中国清风藤科一新记录种——狭叶清风藤
邓云飞* 郭丽秀**
(中国科学院华南植物园 广州 510650)
摘要 报道了清风藤科Sabiaceae狭叶清风藤Sabia lanceolata Colebr.在中国的分布新记录。该种与其他
国产种类的区别在于叶基部心形, 抱茎。该种与小花清风藤S. parvifolia Wall.区别在于叶椭圆状矩圆形
至披针形, 基部心形, 聚伞花序具花10–30朵, 核果倒卵球形至矩圆状倒卵球形或梨形, 直径7–10 mm。
关键词 清风藤科; 清风藤属; 狭叶清风藤; 新记录; 中国