Lycoris tsinlingensis (Amaryllidaceae), a New Species from Shaanxi, China

Abstract

Lycoris tsinlingensis P.C. Zhang, Y.J. Lu & T. Wang (Amaryllidaceae), a new species from the Tsinling Mountains in Shaanxi Province, China, is described and illustrated. It closely resembles L. chinensis in having leaves appearing in spring and stamens nearly as long as to slightly longer than perianth, but can be distinguished by the larger spathe bracts (4–4.5 × 1–1.2 cm), yellow buds with red stripes, and orange-red tepals with undulate and recurved margins.