茂名罗伞 mao ming luo san

Shrubs, to ca. 1 m tall, ?hermaphroditic. Branches unarmed or with few prickles. Leaves simple, 3- or 4-lobed; petiole 6-10 cm, ferruginous stellate when young; blade 10-16 × 10-20 cm, papery; lobes elliptic or oblong-elliptic, 8-13 cm, deeply divided, abaxially ferruginous stellate pubescent, base broadly cuneate or slightly cordate, margin serrate, apex acuminate. Inflorescence axillary, erect, unarmed; primary axis ca. 10 cm; peduncles 2-3 cm; umbels 2-5, ca. 1 cm in diam.; pedicels 1-2 mm, densely ferruginous stellate pubescent. Ovary 2-carpellate. Fruit unknown. Fl. Aug-Sep.

● Dense forests in valleys. Guangdong (Maoming).

The name Brassaiopsis moumingensis was intended as a new combination but is in fact the name of a new species. The protologue indicates the type and includes a direct reference to "Euaraliopsis moumingensis" (Y. R. Ling, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 15(2): 84. 1977), where a Latin description is provided. However, because the genus name "Euaraliopsis" was not validly published (see comment following genus description above), "E. moumingensis" was not validly published either.