The reporter learned from the Wuhan Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences on the 16th that the paper describing and naming the Three Gorges Baiqian has been published in the International Journal of Plant Classification "Plant Groups".

Wuhan Botanical Garden of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chongqing Natural History Museum and Chongqing Wulipo National Nature Reserve recently jointly published and named a new plant species - Sanxia Baiqian. The reporter learned from the Wuhan Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences on the 16th that the paper describing and naming the Three Gorges Baiqian has been published in the international plant taxonomy journal "Plant Groups".

Three Gorges White Front is a plant of Oleander family White Front. According to the latest definition of Pre-Belle, there are about 90 species of Pre-Belle plants in my country. During the inspection of field plants in the Three Gorges area of ​​Chongqing, researchers discovered that a plant of Premature genus is suspected to be a new species. Through searching the literature, collecting samples in the field, and conducting comparative studies on related specimens, it was finally confirmed that they were a new species.

The picture shows the Three Gorges Baiqian discovered in the Wulipo National Nature Reserve in Chongqing. (Photo provided by the interviewee)

The Wuhan Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with the Chongqing Natural History Museum and the Wulipo National Nature Reserve in Chongqing, published this new species. According to experts from the Wuhan Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Three Gorges Baiqian was collected in the Three Gorges area by scholars from the East Sichuan Plant Investigation Team of Sichuan University in 1964. It is currently in , Sichuan University Plant Specimen Hall and South China Botanical Garden Specimen Hall, but it was mistakenly identified as membrane-leafed wai or Jianshui wai. From 2019 to 2022, Chen Feng of the Chongqing Natural History Museum and Zhou Houlin, the Forestry Bureau of Wushan County, Chongqing and other scientific researchers discovered this species in Fengjie County, Chongqing Yintiaoling National Nature Reserve, and Chongqing Wulipo National Nature Reserve. Currently, there are 5 distribution points in Sanxia Baiqian. (Reporter Tan Yuanbin)