A new nothospecies in Lagerstroemia (Lythraceae) Author Whittemore, Alan T. US National Arboretum, 3501 New York Avenue NE, Washington, DC 20002 - 1958, USA Author Schori, Melanie 0000-0002-2801-635X National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, 10300 Baltimore Avenue, Building 003, Room 124, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA Melanie. Schori @ usda. gov; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2801 - 635 X chori@usda.gov text Phytotaxa 2022 2022-03-17 539 3 294 300 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.539.3.10 journal article 20199 10.11646/phytotaxa.539.3.10 cc5a129f-a9db-4ef9-bebd-ea873722bd17 1179-3163 6364052

TABLE 2. Characters of Lagerstroemia fauriei and L. subcostata.

Character	L. fauriei L. subcostata
Limbs	Erect Ascending
Bark	Bright orange-brown weathering to dull light or White weathering to medium gray or gray-brown dark brown
Petiole length (mm)	5–10 2–6
Blade length (mm)	72–113 20–68
Secondary veins (on each side)	7–12 3–6
Blade apex	acuminate short-acuminate or bluntly acute
Capsule length (mm)	8–10 6–8
Seed length (mm)	8 4
Seed wing	longer than seed body shorter than seed body