taxonID	type	description	language	source
478E3C2A5BFF5B48A12C85C8645451C8.taxon	description	Figs 1, 2, 3	en	Gan, Qi-liang, Xu, Wen-bin, Li, Xin-wei (2025): Prunus zhuxiensis (Rosaceae), a new species from Hubei, China. PhytoKeys 255: 203-213, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.255.142428
478E3C2A5BFF5B48A12C85C8645451C8.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Prunus zhuxiensis is similar to P. serrulata Lindl. (Li and Bartholomew 2003; Yi et al. 2024 b) in its hairy pedicel and involucral bracts, corymbose-racemose or subumbellate inflorescences and black drupes, but the flowers of P. zhuxiensis appear before the leaves (at the same time as leaves in P. serrulata) and have reflexed sepals half as long as the hypanthium (spreading sepals up to as long as hypanthium in P. serrulata) and style pilose at the base (glabrous in P. serrulata), the fruits of P. zhuxiensis are sweet and edible, while those of P. serrulata bitter and inedible.	en	Gan, Qi-liang, Xu, Wen-bin, Li, Xin-wei (2025): Prunus zhuxiensis (Rosaceae), a new species from Hubei, China. PhytoKeys 255: 203-213, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.255.142428
478E3C2A5BFF5B48A12C85C8645451C8.taxon	description	Description. Trees, deciduous, 8 – 12 m tall, bark grey, lenticels elliptic or long elliptic, sparsely transversely arranged. Young branchlets purple or green, densely grey pubescent. Leaf blades narrowly obovate, obovate or elliptic, 3 – 12 × 1.5 – 5.5 cm, base cuneate or rounded, apex caudate or acuminate, margin crenately serrate or biserrate, teeth minute, tipped with apical glands, adaxially glabrous, abaxially white pilose on veins. Secondary veins 8 – 12 on each side. Petiole 10 – 14 mm, pubescent, with two purple disciform glands at upper part. Stipules 4 - lobed at base, lobes margin capitate gland tipped, laciniato-fimbriate. Flowers emerging before leaves. Involucral bracts ovate, oblong, 4 – 7 × 3.5 – 4.5 mm, densely pubescent adaxially. Inflorescences umbellate or corymbose-racemose, 3 – 5 - flowered. Peduncles short or absent. Pedicel 7 – 12 mm, pubescent. Bracts greenish-white, obovate, 1.5 – 2.5 × 1.5 – 2.5 mm, conical glandular serrate at apex. Hypanthium tabulate or campanulate, 6 – 7 × 2 – 3 mm, pubescent abaxially. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, 2 – 3 × 0.8 – 1 mm, reflexed. Styles 12 – 13 mm, pilose at base. Petals ovate or narrowly ovate, white, 10 – 13 × 6 – 7 mm, bifid at apex. Stamens 38 – 44, filaments up to 12 mm. Drupes globose or ovoid, black, 8 – 9 mm long, sweet, edible. Endocarp flat ovoid, 7 – 8 mm long, smooth.	en	Gan, Qi-liang, Xu, Wen-bin, Li, Xin-wei (2025): Prunus zhuxiensis (Rosaceae), a new species from Hubei, China. PhytoKeys 255: 203-213, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.255.142428
478E3C2A5BFF5B48A12C85C8645451C8.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat. P. zhuxiensis is distributed sparsely in the mixed evergreen and deciduous broad-leaved forest in the mountains or along streams at altitudes 600 – 1500 m around the type locality. The main accompanying species of P. zhuxiensis are Salix wilsonii Seemen ex Diels, Sycopsis sinensis Oliv., Camellia cuspidata (Kochs) H. J. Veitch, Phoebe zhennan S. K. Lee & F. N. Wei, Juglans mandshurica Maxim., Albizia julibrissin Durazz., Pterocarya stenoptera C. DC., Cornus kousa subsp. chinensis (Osborn) Q. Y. Xiang, Photinia beauverdiana C. K. Schneid etc.	en	Gan, Qi-liang, Xu, Wen-bin, Li, Xin-wei (2025): Prunus zhuxiensis (Rosaceae), a new species from Hubei, China. PhytoKeys 255: 203-213, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.255.142428
478E3C2A5BFF5B48A12C85C8645451C8.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet “ zhuxiensis ” refers to the type locality, Zhuxi, Hubei, China. The Chinese name of this species is Zhuxiyingtao (Pinyin).	en	Gan, Qi-liang, Xu, Wen-bin, Li, Xin-wei (2025): Prunus zhuxiensis (Rosaceae), a new species from Hubei, China. PhytoKeys 255: 203-213, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.255.142428
