Six new species of Elatostema (Urticaceae) from Yunnan

Six new species of the genus Elatostema (Urticaceae), E. dentatocaudatum, E. baoshanense, E. cuipingfengense, E. viridicostatum, E. flexuosicaule and E. globosostigmatum, from Yunnan Province, China are described and illustrated. The diagnostic differences between the six new species and their respective allies are given.