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| Raphiocarpus axillaris D.J.Middleton, in Middleton, Nguyễn, Trần et Leong-Škorničková, 2021. |
ABSTRACT
The new species Raphiocarpus axillaris D.J.Middleton from Tam Đảo National Park in northern Vietnam is described and illustrated.
Keywords: Conservation assessment, Didymocarpoideae, Tam Đảo National Park, Trichosporeae
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| Raphiocarpus axillaris D.J.Middleton, sp. nov. A, Habit; B, flowers; C and D, inflorescences on bare stems; E and F, corolla from the front; G, very young fruit; H, undersurface of leaf. All photographs of the type collection, taken by J. Leong-Škorničková. |
Raphiocarpus axillaris D.J.Middleton, sp. nov.
Affinities within the genus uncertain but differs from all other species by the combination of densely pubescent stems and leaves, symmetrical leaf bases, short axillary inflorescences, narrowly elliptic and densely pubescent calyx lobes free to the base, whitish to pale-pink corolla, and glabrous ovary.
Etymology. The epithet axillaris refers to the short axillary inflorescences in this species.
Habitat and ecology. On rocks in montane evergreen broadleaved primary forest, from 1044 to 1101m.
David Middleton, Q. B. Nguyễn, H. Đ. Trần and J. Leong-Škorničková. 2021. A New Species of Raphiocarpus (Gesneriaceae) from Vietnam. EDINBURGH JOURNAL OF BOTANY. 78, 365: 1–4. DOI: 10.24823/EJB.2021.365
