, a new species of Brassicaceae in China.

, a new species from Hunan Province, China, is described and illustrated. is similar to . From the latter, is readily distinguished by the terminal leaflet of the cauline leaf 4.

, a new species of (Fabaceae) from Xinjiang, China.

A new species, Z. Z. Yang & Q.

A new combination and synonym in (Apiaceae, Apioideae), based on morphological, molecular and cytological evidence.

Specimen examinations and field observations revealed that Bupleurumsmithiivar.parvifolium was distinctly different from B.smithiivar.

The identity of (Apiaceae).

Nakai (Apioideae, Apiaceae), originally found in the Wuling Mountain of China, was initially described as a species but later treated as a variety of Vest ex Spreng. However, researchers have recently found that it is more closely related to DC. In this study, we conducted morphological and phylogenetic analyses as well as chromosome counting to determine the taxonomic status of B.

A new species of (Convolvulaceae) from Yunnan, China.

, a new species from Yunnan Province, China, is described and illustrated. The new species resembles and , but differs from these in the flowers with an entire or shallowly lobed corolla, as well as smaller elliptic bracts, lax flat-topped cymes and shorter corolla tubes. An updated key to the species of from Yunnan province is also provided.

The rediscovery of (Juglandaceae) after 63 years reveals a new record from China.

Despite having been first published in 1941, (A.Chev.) J.

A new combination in (Boraginaceae, Rochelieae) based on morphological, molecular and palynological evidence.

was recently transferred to the monotypic genus based on phylogenetic studies, while the related species, , has remained in the genus . In this study, morphological, molecular, and palynological evidence supports that should be transferred to the genus . Both and share a combination of nutlets features that distinguish them from : a longer adaxial keel and a linear attachment scar.

A new species of (Anura, Megophryidae) from Guizhou Province, China.

This study describes a new species of the genus , from the Huoqiuba Nature Reserve, Suiyang County, Guizhou Province, China, based on morphological data and phylogenetic analyses (16S rRNA mtDNA). The new species can be distinguished from other congeners by the molecular divergence and by a combination of morphological characters, including body size, dorsal and ventral patterns, dorsal skin texture, size of the pectoral and femoral glands, degree of webbing and fringing on the toes and fingers, dorsum coloration, and iris coloration in life. Currently, the genus contains 75 species, 21 of which are found in China, including seven species reported from Guizhou Province.

(Boraginaceae), a new species from Xinjiang, China.

, a new species of Boraginaceae from northern Xinjiang, China, is described and illustrated here. is similar to and ; it differs in having a particularly bristly indumentum, unbranched stems, white and yellow corollas, anthers united only at base, and nutlets with a stipitate cicatrix. An updated key to the species of from Xinjiang and Altai Mountains is also provided.

(Rubiaceae), a new species from Yunnan, China.

, a new species of (Rubiaceae) collected from Yunnan, China, is described for the first time. It is morphologically close to , but differs from the latter mainly by its inflorescences with 5-9 flowers, its 1.5-2.