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Issue: Vol. 450 No. 1: 24 June 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-06-24
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.450.1.9
Page range: 109–114
Abstract views: 23
PDF downloaded: 1

Rediscovery of Aeschynanthus monetaria (Gesneriaceae) in Southeast Tibet, China after more than 100 years

CAS Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization & Ecological Restoration and Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences (Nanjing Botanical Garden Mem. Sun Yat-Sen), Nanjing 210014, China.
CAS Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization & Ecological Restoration and Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
CAS Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization & Ecological Restoration and Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China.
Guangxi Key Laboratory of Plant Conservation and Restoration Ecology in Karst Terrain, Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi and Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 85, Yanshan Town, Guilin 541000, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. Gesneriad Conservation Center of China (GCCC), Guilin Botanical Garden, CAS, No. 85, Yanshan Town, Guilin 541000, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.
Aeschynanthus buxifolius Aeschynanthus chiritoides Flora of China nomenclature taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

Aeschynanthus monetaria, a beautiful epiphytic species of Gesneriaceae, was rediscovered in monsoon rain forest along the Yarlung Zangbo River in Motuo County, Southeast Tibet (Xizang), China. Its description is amended and completed with both fresh and dried specimens in this discovery. To better facilitate its identification, the color images in the field and line illustrations based on our specimens are given. A taxonomic note concerning its lectotype and the ending of specific epithet is discussed.