taxonID	type	description	language	source
CC5C2D99AE44FDCDF1814BB81C40DC1E.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Carpinus tibetana differs from C. monbeigiana by 19 - 24 lateral veins on each side of the midvein and dense pubescence on the abaxial leaf and from C. mollicoma by the nutlet with dense resinous glands and glabrous or sparsely villous at apex.	en	Lu, Zhiqiang, Li, Ying, Yang, Xiaoyue, Liu, Jianquan (2018): Carpinus tibetana (Betulaceae), a new species from southeast Tibet, China. PhytoKeys 98: 1-13, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.98.23639, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.98.23639
CC5C2D99AE44FDCDF1814BB81C40DC1E.taxon	materials_examined	Type. CHINA. Tibet: Bomi County, Yigong, Tongmai, 95 ° 04 ' 31 " E, 30 ° 06 ' 05 " N, 2060 m, forest edge, 28 Aug 2016, Z. Q. Lu 2016 QTP 001 (holotype, LZU; isotypes, LZU, PE, KUN).	en	Lu, Zhiqiang, Li, Ying, Yang, Xiaoyue, Liu, Jianquan (2018): Carpinus tibetana (Betulaceae), a new species from southeast Tibet, China. PhytoKeys 98: 1-13, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.98.23639, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.98.23639
CC5C2D99AE44FDCDF1814BB81C40DC1E.taxon	description	Description. Trees to 10 m tall, deciduous; bark grey, smooth. Branchlets dark grey, densely yellow or white pubescent when young, glabrescent the next year. Stipules deciduous. Petiole 5 - 8 mm, densely white or yellow puescent; leaves alternate, leaf blade ovate-elliptic or elliptic, usually 5 - 8 cm x 2 - 3 cm, abaxially sericeous-villous along veins, pubescent elsewhere, base rounded or rounded-cuneate, margin irregularly and doubly setiform mucronate serrate, apex attenuate-acuminate or caudate-acuminate; lateral veins (17) 19 - 23 on each side of midvein. Male inflorescence pendulous, spicate-cymose, cylindric, enclosed by buds during winter, with many overlapping bracts, 1.5 - 5.0 cm x 5.0 - 8.0 mm when mature; flowers without bracteoles, inserted at base of bracts. Female inflorescence terminal or axillary on dwarf shoots, racemose; flowers paired; bracts leaflike, complanate, overlapping. Mature infructescence 5 - 10 cm x 2.0 - 3.5 cm; peduncle ca. 1.2 cm, densely yellow hirsute; bracts of female flowers loosely overlapping, 1.5 - 1.9 cm x 6 - 8 mm, abaxially densely yellow hirsute along reticulate veins, outer margin coarsely dentate, without basal lobe, inner margin entire, with inflexed basal auricle, apex acuminate or caudate-acuminate; veins 5 - 6. Nutlet ovoid-ellipsoid, 3.2 - 3.6 mm x 2.2 - 2.5 mm, glabrous or sparsely villous at apex, densely brown or orange resinous glandular, prominently 8 - or 9 - ribbed. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Jul-Sep.	en	Lu, Zhiqiang, Li, Ying, Yang, Xiaoyue, Liu, Jianquan (2018): Carpinus tibetana (Betulaceae), a new species from southeast Tibet, China. PhytoKeys 98: 1-13, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.98.23639, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.98.23639
CC5C2D99AE44FDCDF1814BB81C40DC1E.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Due to its narrow distribution in Tibet, we give the specific epithet (Carpinus tibetana) referring to the name of the Xizang Autonomous Region (Tibet) of China where it is distributed.	en	Lu, Zhiqiang, Li, Ying, Yang, Xiaoyue, Liu, Jianquan (2018): Carpinus tibetana (Betulaceae), a new species from southeast Tibet, China. PhytoKeys 98: 1-13, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.98.23639, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.98.23639
CC5C2D99AE44FDCDF1814BB81C40DC1E.taxon	materials_examined	Additional specimens examined. CHINA. Tibet: Linzhi City, Yigong River, forest edge, 2300 m, 8 Aug 1983, B. S. Li et al. 06467 & 6467 (PE); Bomi County, near to Yigong Town, secondary forest, 2100 m, 8 Sep 1976, Wu 5649 (PE); Bomi County, Tongmai, mixed forest, 2080 m, 24 Jun 1976, Anonymous 2505 (PE); Bomi County, Tongmai to Lulang along the G 318 National Road, forest edge, 95 ° 00 ' 48 '' E, 30 ° 02 ' 35 " N, 2060 m, 26 Sep 2009, H. Sun et al. SunH- 07 ZX- 2725 (KUN); Motuo County, Dexing, 26 Apr 1993, H. Sun et al. 6008 (PE); Motuo County, from Ani to Hanmi, forest edge, 1550 m, 19 Sep 1980, Anonymous 15079 (PE); Motuo County, forest edge, 1500 m, 29 Jun 1980, W. L. Chen 10780 (PE); Bomi County, Yigong, Tongmai, 95 ° 04 ' 31 " E, 30 ° 06 ' 05 " N, 2060 m, forest edge, 28 Aug 2016, Z. Q. Lu 2016 QTP 002 - Z. Q. Lu 2016 QTP 011 (LZU).	en	Lu, Zhiqiang, Li, Ying, Yang, Xiaoyue, Liu, Jianquan (2018): Carpinus tibetana (Betulaceae), a new species from southeast Tibet, China. PhytoKeys 98: 1-13, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.98.23639, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.98.23639
