Oreocharis yangjifengensis (Gesneriaceae), a new species from Yangjifeng National Nature Reserve of Yingtan City, Jiangxi Province, China

RUI-FENG LI; XIN-GUI LE; LIN XU; STEPHEN MACIEJEWSKI; BIN CHEN; FANG WEN

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.583.2.10

Issue: Vol. 583 No. 2: 2 February 2023

Type: Article

Published: 2023-02-02

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.583.2.10

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Oreocharis yangjifengensis (Gesneriaceae), a new species from Yangjifeng National Nature Reserve of Yingtan City, Jiangxi Province, China

RUI-FENG LI⁺⁻
XIN-GUI LE⁺⁻
LIN XU⁺⁻
STEPHEN MACIEJEWSKI⁺⁻
BIN CHEN⁺⁻
FANG WEN⁺⁻

Guangxi Key Laboratory of Plant Conservation and Restoration Ecology in Karst & Terrain, Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Chinese Academy of Science, CN-541006, Guilin, China, College of Tourism and Landscape Architecture, Guilin University of Technology, CN-541006, Guilin, China, Gesneriad Conservation Center of China (GCCC), National Gesneriaceae Germplasm Resources Bank of GXIB, Gesneriad committee of China Wild Plant Conservation Association, Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous Region and Chinese Academy of Science, CN-541006, Guilin, China

angjifeng National Nature Reserve Administration of Jiangxi Province, CN-335400, Guixi, China

Gesneriad Conservation Center of China (GCCC), National Gesneriaceae Germplasm Resources Bank of GXIB, Gesneriad committee of China Wild Plant Conservation Association, Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous Region and Chinese Academy of Science, CN-541006, Guilin, China, The Gesneriad Society, 2030 Fitzwater Street, PA. 19146-1333, Philadelphia, USA

Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, CN-201602, Shanghai, China, Eastern China Conservation Center for Wild Endangered Plant Resources, CN-201602, Shanghai, China

Guangxi Key Laboratory of Plant Conservation and Restoration Ecology in Karst & Terrain, Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Chinese Academy of Science, CN-541006, Guilin, China, Gesneriad Conservation Center of China (GCCC), National Gesneriaceae Germplasm Resources Bank of GXIB, Gesneriad committee of China Wild Plant Conservation Association, Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous Region and Chinese Academy of Science, CN-541006, Guilin, China

Eudicots Didymocarpoideae flora of Jiangxi morphology new taxon Oreocharis maximowiczii

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Abstract

Oreocharis yangjifengensis F.Wen & B.Chen, a new species of Gesneriaceae from Yangjifeng National Nature Reserve, Yingtan city, Jiangxi province, East China, is described and illustrated. It can be easily distinguished from other Oreocharis species by having a zygomorphic and urceolate corolla, and peduncle, bracts, pedicel and calyx densely pale brown woolly to pubescent.

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