Oreocharis jasminina (Gesneriaceae), a new species from mountain tops of Hainan Island, South China

By

Ling, Shao-Jun
Guan, Shu-Ping
Wen, Fang
Shui, Yu-Min.
Ren, Ming-Xun

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

157

Pages

121--135

Subjects

Hainan Island , new taxon , Oreocharis

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.157.50246

 

Abstract

A new species of Gesneriaceae, Oreocharis jasminina S.J.Ling, F.Wen & M.X. Ren from Hainan Island, south China, is highlighted and described. The new species is distinguished by its actinomorphic corolla, narrow floral tube and ovate anthers hidden in the floral tube. The new species also showed clear geographic and altitudinal isolation from the three currently-recognised Oreocharis species on the Island. Molecular phylogenetic analysis, based on nuclear ITS1/2 and plastid trnL-trnF sequences, supported the delimitation of the new species, which forms a single lineage with all the other Oreocharis species from Hainan Island. The roles of geographic and floral isolation in the evolution of the new species and its affinities are discussed.