ARPHA Preprints, doi: 10.3897/arphapreprints.e90395

Phylogenomic and morphological evidence reveal a new species of spider lily, Lycoris longifolia (Amaryllidaceae) from China

Yi-Lei Lou^‡§, Dai-Kun Ma^|, Ze-Tao Jin, Hui Wang^¶, Lu-Huan Lou^¶, Shui-Hu Jin^¶, Kun Liu^#, Bin-Bin LIU^|

‡ College of Landscape Architecture, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, Hangzhou, China§ College of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China| State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China¶ College of Forestry and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, Hangzhou, China# Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resources, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, China

Corresponding author: Ze-Tao Jin ( 2021104037@stu.njau.edu.cn )

Corresponding author: Kun Liu ( hudixiao@126.com )

Corresponding author: Bin-Bin LIU ( liubinbin@ibcas.ac.cn )

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Citation: Lou Y-L, Ma D-K, Jin Z-T, Wang H, Lou L-H, Jin S-H, Liu K, LIU B-B (2022) Phylogenomic and morphological evidence reveal a new species of spider lily, Lycoris longifolia (Amaryllidaceae) from China. ARPHA Preprints. https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e90395

Abstract

Lycoris longifolia, a new species from China, was described and illustrated here. Our phylogenomic evidence based on whole plastomes strongly supported the separate phylogenetic position of this new species, and it could also be easily distinguished by several morphological characters, such as its long leaves with a distinct purplish-red midrib on the abaxial surface.

Keywords

Lycoris, morphological, phylogenomics, whole plastome