Wenchengia alternifolia Wu & Chow, 1965
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1930's (Li et al., 2014)
Rediscovered in 2010 (Li et al., 2014)
Distribution
Hainan Island, China
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Wu, C. Y. and Chow, S. (1965). Duo taxa nova Labiatarum (in Chinese). Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 10: 249-255.
Other references:
Cantino, P. D. and Abu-Asab, M. S. (1993). A new look at the enigmatic genus Wenchengia (Labiatae). Taxon 42: 339-344.
Harley, R. M., Atkins, S., Budantsey, A. L., Cantino, P. D., Conn, B. J., Grayer, R. et al. (2004). Labiatae, pp. 167-275. In: The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, Volume 7 (eds K. Kubitzki & J.W. Kadereit). Berlin, Germany: Springer.
Li, Bo, Xu, Weixiang, Tu, Tieyao, Wang, Zhongsheng, Olmstead, Richard G., Peng, Hua, Francisco-Ortega, Javier, Cantino, Philip D. and Zhang, Dianxiang. (2012). Phylogenetic position of Wenchengia (Lamiaceae): a taxonomically enigmatic and critically endangered genus. Taxon 61(2): 392-401.
Li, Bo, Zhang, Zhiyong and Zhang, Dianxiang. (2014). Conservation status of the unique population of Wenchengia alternifolia, an enigmatic plant endemic to Hainan Island, China. Oryx 48(3): 354-357. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605313001373
Zhou, Qi-Yue et al. (2022). Development of genomic resources for Wenchengia alternifolia (Lamiaceae) based on genome skimming data. Plant Diversity 44(6): 542-551. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pld.2021.09.006