Diospyros leei (Ebenaceae), a New Species from Limestone Areas in Guangxi, China

Diospyros leei Yan Liu, S. Shi & Y.S. Huang, a new species of Ebenaceae from limestone areas in Guangxi, China is described and illustrated. It is similar to D. rostrata and D. chunii, but differs by its 3.5–12 cm long and 1–1 cm wide leaf blade with a cuneate or obtuse base; 4-lobed calyx; and fruit which is elliptic, ca. 3.3 cm in diam. in the middle, glabrous or sometimes sparsely brown strigose, its apex being prominently rostrate, with a beak longer than 1 cm.