Didymocarpus lobulatus (Gesneriaceae), a new species from Zhejiang Province, East China

Wen-Yuan Xie; Jia-Jun Zhou; Xin Hong; Fang Wen

doi:10.3897/phytokeys.157.30349

Didymocarpus lobulatus (Gesneriaceae), a new species from Zhejiang Province, East China

PhytoKeys. 2020 Aug 26:157:145-153. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.157.30349. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Wen-Yuan Xie¹, Jia-Jun Zhou¹, Xin Hong^{2

3}, Fang Wen^{4

3}

Affiliations

¹ Monitoring Center for Forest Resources of Zhejiang, CN-310020, Hangzhou, China Monitoring Center for Forest Resources of Zhejiang Hangzhou China.
² School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Anhui University, CN-230601, Hefei, China, Guangxi Zhuangzu Autonomous Region and Chinese Academy of Sciences Guilin China.
³ Gesneriad Conservation Centre of China, Guilin Botanical Garden, Guangxi Zhuangzu Autonomous Region and Chinese Academy of Sciences, CN-541006 Guilin, China Guangxi Institute of Botany Guilin China.
⁴ Guangxi Key Laboratory of Plant Conservation and Restoration Ecology in Karst Terrain, Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Zhuangzu Autonomous Region and Chinese Academy of Sciences, CN-541006 Guilin, China Anhui University Hefei China.

Abstract

Didymocarpus lobulatus, a new species endemic to Zhejiang province, eastern China, is described and illustrated with photographs. The new species is morphologically similar to D. heucherifolius, D. cortusifolius and D. salviiflorus in leaf morphology, but can be easily distinguished by a combination of characters, including the shape of bracts, calyx and calyx lobes.

Keywords: Didymocarpus sect. Heteroboea; Flora of Zhejiang; new taxon; taxonomy.

Wen-Yuan Xie, Jia-Jun Zhou, Xin Hong, Fang Wen.