The Complete Chloroplast Genome and Morphological Data Support Reinstatement of Sedum jinianum (Crassulaceae) as an Independent Species
Lang Shen, Hai‐Jun Ma, Lu‐Jing Wang, Wan‐Zeng Wang, Xiang Wang, Xiang‐Yang Sun, Hao‐Nan Zhang, Wei‐Qi Meng, Kun Liu · 2025
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Description
Lang Shen and eight co-authors wrote a 2025 study arguing that a Chinese stonecrop plant deserves its own species name back. Sedum jinianum had been folded into the widespread Sedum bulbiferum in the Flora of China. Field observation of living plants, though, showed clear differences.
The plant stands apart by its alternate leaves, their shape and size, and its dark green bulbils. Its chloroplast genome runs about 150,000 base pairs in the typical four-part structure. Family tree analysis placed it as its own branch, sister to a group of four bulbiferum samples from different regions. Since the original type specimen could not be found, the team designated a replacement type and published an updated description. Morphology and genome evidence agree.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Lang Shen, Hai‐Jun Ma, Lu‐Jing Wang, Wan‐Zeng Wang, Xiang Wang, Xiang‐Yang Sun, Hao‐Nan Zhang, Wei‐Qi Meng, Kun Liu |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 16 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |