TABLE 1. Comparison of diagnostic characters of Lysimachia xuyongensis and L. miyiensis, L. paridiformis var. stenophylla and L. phyllocephala var. polycephala .
Characters L. xuyongensis L. miyiensis L. paridiformis var. stenophylla L. phyllocephala var. polycephala
Stems prostrate at base erect erect often prostrate at base
white multicellular hairs, persist rust-colored villous glabrous pubescent or glabrescent
Leaves 4 6 to many 6 to many 6 to many
lower leaves scalelike lower leaves scalelike lower leaves scalelike none
with reddish glandular punctation with black glandular punctation with black glandular stripes without glandular
ovate to broadly ovate or rhomboid-ovate broadly ovate narrowly elliptic to broadly lanceolate or linearlanceolate ovate-lanceolate
Flowers bracts ovate-lanceolate bracts linear bracts absent bracts ovate-lanceolate
pedicel less than 0.5 cm pedicel 1–2 cm Pedicel 0.3–1.5 cm pedicel 0.1–0.7 cm
calyx lobes oblong- lanceolate, glabrous or sparsely ciliate Calyx lobes linear- lanceolate, long hairs on midvein and margin calyx lobes lanceolate, glabrous or sparsely ciliate calyx lobes lanceolate, bristly
corolla lobes without glandular corolla lobes sparsely minutely black glandular corolla lobes with or without black glandular stripes corolla lobes sparsely transparent glandular
ovary glabrous ovary glabrous ovary glabrous ovary apex puberulous
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Published as part of Ju, Wen-Bin, Deng, Heng-Ning, Xu, Bo, He, Xing-Jin, Gao, Xin-Fen (2021). Lysimachia xuyongensis (Primulaceae), a new species from Sichuan, China. Phytotaxa 525 (1): 59-64. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.525.1.7 on page 63