PhytoKeys (Sep 2019)

Oreocharis tetrapterus (Gesneriaceae), a new species from East Guangxi, China

  • Bo Pan,
  • Guang-Da Tang,
  • Truong Van Do,
  • Stephen Maciejewski,
  • Chong-Lang Deng,
  • Fang Wen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.131.35434
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 131
pp. 83 – 89

Abstract

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A new species, Oreocharis tetrapterus F.Wen, B.Pan & T.V.Do (Gesneriaceae) from Gupo Mountain area, Hezhou city, Guangxi Zhuangzu Autonomous Region, China, is described and illustrated. The new species has a zygomorphic tetramerous corolla with two adaxial and two abaxial lobes and two fertile stamens in the posterior position, making this a unique combination of floral characteristics in the expanded Oreocharis.