Oreocharis odontopetala, a new species of Gesneriaceae from Guizhou, China

By

Qiong, Fu
Xia, Ying
Guo, Ying
Huang, Rong
Wang, Ying-Qiang

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

124

Pages

1-9

Subjects

Briggsia , endemism , leaf epidermis , Morphology , new taxon , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.124.34609

 

Abstract

A new species, Oreocharisodontopetala Q.Fu & Y.Q.Wang from Guizhou Province in southwest China, is described and illustrated, based on morphological comparison with existing species. It is morphologically most similar to O.elegantissima, but can be easily distinguished by its adaxially bullate leaf blade, abaxially conspicuous reticulate veinlets, brown-purple peduncles, triangular adaxial corolla lobes and abaxial corolla lobe margins bearing 4–10 long teeth, glabrous style and shorter stamens with confluent thecae at the apex, as well as leaf epidermal characters.