taxonID	type	description	language	source
A9CCB9AD585B597C82610C67BFC92F4F.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Rhamnella intermedia differs from R. rubrinervis and R. tonkinensis by smaller size of dried fruit (6.0 - 7.0 x 4.7 - 5.3 vs. 7.5 - 11.1 x 4.2 - 5.8 mm) and seeds (5.5 - 6.5 x 4.5 - 5.0 vs. 7.0 - 9.9 x 4.2 - 5.5 mm) and smaller ratio of length to width of dried fruit (1.3 - 1.5 vs. 1.6 - 2.2) and seeds (1.2 - 1.4 vs. 1.6 - 2.1), and from R. brachycarpa by the larger ratio of length to width of leaves (2.7 - 3.8 vs. 1.9 - 2.4), smaller length of leaf petioles (3 - 8 vs. 7 - 12 mm), larger length of fruiting pedicels (5 - 9 vs. 4 - 6 mm), leaf apices acuminate to long acuminate and seed apices rarely mucronate. In addition, the characters of densely pilose young branches can also significantly separate this new species from R. rubrinervis.	en	Lu, Zhiqiang, Sun, Yongshuai (2020): Rhamnella intermedia (Rhamnaceae), a new evergreen species from southwest Guangxi. PhytoKeys 159: 115-126, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.159.53177, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.159.53177
A9CCB9AD585B597C82610C67BFC92F4F.taxon	materials_examined	Type. China. Guangxi: Pingxiang County, 22 ° 07 ' 19 " N, 106 ° 44 ' 40 " E, 298 m altitude, karst limestone hill, 5 Oct 2019, Z. Q. Lu 2019 YG 2601 (holotype, GXMI; isotypes, HITBC).	en	Lu, Zhiqiang, Sun, Yongshuai (2020): Rhamnella intermedia (Rhamnaceae), a new evergreen species from southwest Guangxi. PhytoKeys 159: 115-126, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.159.53177, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.159.53177
A9CCB9AD585B597C82610C67BFC92F4F.taxon	description	Description. Shrubs or small trees, rarely climbing vines, evergreen. Young branches densely pilose; older branches grey-brown or grey, sparsely pilose or glabrous. Leaves alternate; stipules subulate, persistent; petiole 0.3 - 0.8 cm long, densely pilose when young, late sparsely pilose, rarely glabrous, narrowly grooved on the upper surface; leaf blade abaxially dark green, shiny, adaxially pale green, oblong or ovate-oblong, 6.4 - 13.0 x 2.0 - 5.0 cm, length-width ratio 2.7 - 3.8, leathery, abaxially sparsely pilose or glabrous, sparsely pilose along leaf veins or glabrous, adaxially glabrous, lateral veins 6 - 7 pairs, slightly impressed abaxially, prominent adaxially, base commonly rounded, rarely cuneate, margin inconspicuously remotely serrate or subentire; apex acuminate to long acuminate. Flowering branches axillary 8 - 13 cm long, densely or sparsely pilose, rarely glabrous. Flowers bisexual, ca. 4 mm diam., 5 - merous, few to 10 in axillary cymes, cymes subsessile or shortly pedunculate at bracteole leaf of flowering branches; bracteole leaf similar to leaves in vegetative branches, but smaller, 3.5 - 6.5 x 1.3 - 2.0 cm, lateral veins 3 - 5 pairs. Pedicel 4.0 - 7.0 mm long, densely or sparsely pilose. Sepals triangular, ca. 2 mm, adaxially midvein raised, rostellate at lower middle. Petals obovate, shortly clawed. Stamens involute by petals, ca. 2 mm long. Disc rounded, thick. Ovary globose, not immersed in disc. Drupe purple-red or orange at maturity, ovoid-cylindrical or globose, 8.5 - 10.2 x 8.2 - 10.1 mm, 6.0 - 7.0 x 4.7 - 5.3 mm when dried, base with persistent calyx tube; fruiting pedicel 5.0 - 9.0 mm, sparsely pilose, 1 - loculed, 1 - seeded; seed short, apex rarely mucronate, smooth on the surface, 5.5 - 6.5 x 4.5 - 5.0 mm, length-width ratio 1.2 - 1.4.	en	Lu, Zhiqiang, Sun, Yongshuai (2020): Rhamnella intermedia (Rhamnaceae), a new evergreen species from southwest Guangxi. PhytoKeys 159: 115-126, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.159.53177, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.159.53177
A9CCB9AD585B597C82610C67BFC92F4F.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Owing to its intermediate morphology compared to the other three closely related species, we provide the epithet intermedia.	en	Lu, Zhiqiang, Sun, Yongshuai (2020): Rhamnella intermedia (Rhamnaceae), a new evergreen species from southwest Guangxi. PhytoKeys 159: 115-126, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.159.53177, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.159.53177
A9CCB9AD585B597C82610C67BFC92F4F.taxon	materials_examined	Additional specimens examined. China. Guangxi: Pingxiang County, 22 ° 07 ' 19 " N, 106 ° 44 ' 40 " E, 298 m altitude, karst limestone hill, 5 Oct 2019, Z. Q. Lu 2019 YG 2602 - Z. Q. Lu 2019 YG 2619 (HITBC); Daxin County, Wude Township, 22 ° 34 ' 15 " N, 106 ° 44 ' 56 " E, 276 m altitude, along road, 27 May 2018, Z. Q. Lu 201810801 (HITBC); the same locality: 26 August 2018, Z. Q. Lu 201810802 (HITBC). Longzhou County, Daqingshan, hillside, July 1953, Guangxi team 2967 (PE).	en	Lu, Zhiqiang, Sun, Yongshuai (2020): Rhamnella intermedia (Rhamnaceae), a new evergreen species from southwest Guangxi. PhytoKeys 159: 115-126, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.159.53177, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.159.53177
