A New Species of Maclura Nutt. (Moraceae) from China

Maclura orientalis G. Y. Li, W. Y. Xie et Z. H. Chen, a new species of Maclura Nutt. from Zhejiang, is described. It is similar to M. fruticosa (Roxb.) Corner, but differs in having branchlets brown or reddish brown, flowering shoots with spines; leaf blade narrowly elliptic, elliptic to obovate-elliptic, or narrowly oblong to linear, 6-8 cm long, 3-3.5 cm wide, margin entire or coarsely 1-4-toothed, apex long acuminate or caudate-acuminate, sometimes uppers 3-lobed and apex long-caudate, base cuneate to suborbicular, adaxially puberulent, with mid-rib impressed, lowest lateral veins extending to 1/5-1/4 of blade length; petioles sparsely pubescent; peduncles 2-4 mm long.