Didymocarpus anningensis Y.M. Shui, Lei Cai & J. Cai, in L. Cai, J. Cai et Shui, 2016. |
Abstract
A new species of Gesneriaceae, Didymocarpus anningensis, is described and illustrated from Anning, Central Yunnan, China. The new species resembles D. purpureobracteatus and D. yunnanensis, but it can be easily distinguished by a combination of stem, leaf blade and leaf petiole indumentum characters, bract and calyx shape and number of staminodes.
Keywords: China, Didymocarpus, Gesneriaceae, Yunnan, Eudicots
Didymocarpus anningensis Y.M. Shui, Lei Cai & J. Cai, sp. nov.
Etymology:—The specific epithet ‘anningensis’ refers to the type locality where the new species occurs, Anning, Kunming, Yunnan Province.
Lei Cai, Jie Cai, Yu-Min Shui. 2016. Didymocarpus anningensis (Gesneriaceae), A New Species from Yunnan, China. Phytotaxa. 255(3); 292–296. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.255.3.12