Hu Jun, a researcher at the Chengdu Institute of Biology under Chinese Academy of Sciences, views a file photo of Euonymus chengduanus in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan province, April 11, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]
Chinese researchers have discovered a new species of Celastraceae in Chengdu city of Sichuan province, and named it Euonymus chengduanus.
Their findings have been published in a recent edition of the Ecology and Evolution, according to the Chengdu Institute of Biology under Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Hu Jun (R) and Luo Yao, researchers at the Chengdu Institute of Biology under Chinese Academy of Sciences, observe the growth of Euonymus chengduanus in the Longquan Mountains in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan province, April 11, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]
Hu Jun (L) and Luo Yao, researchers at the Chengdu Institute of Biology under Chinese Academy of Sciences, collect plant specimens in the Longquan Mountains in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan province, April 11, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]
This undated file photo shows the flowering Euonymus chengduanus. [Photo/Xinhua]
Hu Jun, a researcher at the Chengdu Institute of Biology under Chinese Academy of Sciences, observes the specimen of Euonymus chengduanus in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan province, April 11, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]
Hu Jun (L) and Luo Yao, researchers at the Chengdu Institute of Biology under Chinese Academy of Sciences, collect plant specimens in the Longquan Mountains in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan province, April 11, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]
This undated file photo shows the flowering Euonymus chengduanus. [Photo/Xinhua]
This photo taken on April 11, 2025 shows Euonymus chengduanus in the Longquan Mountains in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan province. [Photo/Xinhua]
Hu Jun (R) and Luo Yao, researchers at the Chengdu Institute of Biology under Chinese Academy of Sciences, conduct a vegetation survey in the Longquan Mountains in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan province, April 11, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]
Hu Jun (R) and Luo Yao, researchers at the Chengdu Institute of Biology under Chinese Academy of Sciences, conduct a vegetation survey in the Longquan Mountains in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan province, April 11, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]
Hu Jun, a researcher at the Chengdu Institute of Biology under Chinese Academy of Sciences, shows the specimen of Euonymus chengduanus in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan province, April 11, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]
This photo taken on April 11, 2025 shows the buds of Euonymus chengduanus in the Longquan Mountains in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan province. [Photo/Xinhua]
