Abstract:Schima argentea Pritz. var. platycarpa Q. Luo, a new variety of Schima Reinw. from Xichang, Sichuan, China, is described. This new variety is different from the typical variety by having big petals with pubescence at ventral base, 2-2.6 cm long and 1.6-2.2 cm wide, capsules oblate, 1.7-2.1 cm in diameter and 1-1.3 cm height. Pollen morphology of Schima argentea Pritz. var. argentea and S. argentea Pritz. var. platycarpa Q. Luo were observed under scanning electron microscopy (SEM), the results showed that exine ornamentation of Schima argentea Pritz. var. argentea was reticulate with perforation, and that is reticulate without perforation in this new variety.
