taxonID	type	description	language	source
039FA64DFFFCE348FF4CF946FC70DF9B.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — CHINA. Guangxi Zhuangzu Autonomous Region, Baise City, Napo County, Pingmeng Town, Nianjing Village, Xima Tun, Roadside and shrub of Limestone foothills, alt. 978 m, 12 October 2014, D. X. Nong 451026141012021 LY (Holotype: GXMG! (specimen with fruit); isotypes: GXMG!, CMMI!).	en	Nong, Dong-Xin, Huang, Bao-You, Lan, Zu-Zai, Xie, Dong-Mei, Yu, Li-Ying, Huang, Lu-Qi (2015): Trichosanthes napoensis (Cucurbitaceae), a new species from Guangxi, China. Phytotaxa 207 (3): 297-300, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.207.3.9, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.207.3.9
039FA64DFFFCE348FF4CF946FC70DF9B.taxon	description	Lianas, woody. Stems robust, striate, glabrous, lenticels densely covered. Tendrils usually 3 - fid. Leaves pedately 5 - foliolate, thinly leathery; adaxially deep green, abaxially pale green, leaf blade rough, white punctuate dense on both surface, remotely sinuate-dentate; petiole 7 – 9 cm, glabrous; central leaflets oblong-obovate, base nearly truncate, 7 – 10 × 3.5 – 4 cm, petiolules 0.5 – 0.8 cm; lateral leaflets broadly sickled, 4 – 5 × 2.5 – 3 cm, base nearly sunken, petiolules of lateral leaflets combined 0.8 – 1 cm, lateral truncated; secondary veins raised, veins 3 – 5 pairs. Fruiting peduncle robust, ca. 1.5 cm; fruit red, globose, 6 – 7 cm in diameter, glabrous, with a protrusion at apex, ca. 0.2 cm. Seeds numerous, yellow-brown, compressed, oblong-elliptic, with ridge at margin, 1.4 – 1.6 × 0.7 – 0.9 cm, base nearly sunken, apex truncated and quadrilateral. Flowering not observed, fruiting September – December.	en	Nong, Dong-Xin, Huang, Bao-You, Lan, Zu-Zai, Xie, Dong-Mei, Yu, Li-Ying, Huang, Lu-Qi (2015): Trichosanthes napoensis (Cucurbitaceae), a new species from Guangxi, China. Phytotaxa 207 (3): 297-300, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.207.3.9, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.207.3.9
039FA64DFFFCE348FF4CF946FC70DF9B.taxon	distribution	Distribution & Habitat: — Trichosanthes napoensis is endemic to Napo County, Guangxi, China. It grows on roadside and in thickets on limestone foothills, at elevations of 900 – 1000 m.	en	Nong, Dong-Xin, Huang, Bao-You, Lan, Zu-Zai, Xie, Dong-Mei, Yu, Li-Ying, Huang, Lu-Qi (2015): Trichosanthes napoensis (Cucurbitaceae), a new species from Guangxi, China. Phytotaxa 207 (3): 297-300, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.207.3.9, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.207.3.9
039FA64DFFFCE348FF4CF946FC70DF9B.taxon	etymology	Etymology: — The specific epithet ‘ napoensis ’ refers to the locality where the new species occurs, the Napo County, Baise City, Guangxi Province.	en	Nong, Dong-Xin, Huang, Bao-You, Lan, Zu-Zai, Xie, Dong-Mei, Yu, Li-Ying, Huang, Lu-Qi (2015): Trichosanthes napoensis (Cucurbitaceae), a new species from Guangxi, China. Phytotaxa 207 (3): 297-300, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.207.3.9, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.207.3.9
039FA64DFFFCE348FF4CF946FC70DF9B.taxon	materials_examined	Paratypes: — The same locality roadside, 12 October 2014, D. X. Nong & L. Q. Huang 451026141012024 LY (paratype, CMMI!).	en	Nong, Dong-Xin, Huang, Bao-You, Lan, Zu-Zai, Xie, Dong-Mei, Yu, Li-Ying, Huang, Lu-Qi (2015): Trichosanthes napoensis (Cucurbitaceae), a new species from Guangxi, China. Phytotaxa 207 (3): 297-300, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.207.3.9, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.207.3.9
039FA64DFFFCE348FF4CF946FC70DF9B.taxon	discussion	Relationships: — Trichosanthes napoensis belongs to Trichosanthes sect. Involucraria Wight (1840: 52) and is close to T. pedata Merr. & Chun (1934: 20) in having pedately 5 - foliolate leaves and globose fruit but differs by its 3 - fid tendrils on the stem, oblong-obovate central leaflet and nearly jointed base lateral leaflets. In addition, T. napoensis is characterized by its robust stem, fruit with a prominent protrusion at the apex, seed oblong-elliptic, ridge at the margin, base nearly sunken, truncated and quadrilateral apex (Table 1).	en	Nong, Dong-Xin, Huang, Bao-You, Lan, Zu-Zai, Xie, Dong-Mei, Yu, Li-Ying, Huang, Lu-Qi (2015): Trichosanthes napoensis (Cucurbitaceae), a new species from Guangxi, China. Phytotaxa 207 (3): 297-300, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.207.3.9, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.207.3.9
