Based on morphological and molecular data, three new species of the Old World Didymocarpoid Gesneriaceae, Petrocodon laxicymosus, P. longgangensis, and P. pseudocoriaceifolius, are described and illustrated from Guangxi, China. The three new species are most similar to P. coriaceifolius, differing by their texture, size, and shape of leaves, size and pubescence of inflorescence and corolla, anther shape, and pistil length. Additionally, Primulina guangxiensis, one of two species included in Primulina before its recent recircumscription, was unexpectedly found to be nested within Petrocodon in our ongoing phylogenetic analyses, prompting us to make the new combination Petrocodon guangxiensis. The four species of Petrocodon treated here are all rare, known only from a single or a few localities of limestone karsts in Guangxi.
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1 June 2014
Petrocodon (Gesneriaceae) in the Limestone Karsts of Guangxi, China: Three New Species and a New Combination Based on Morphological and Molecular Evidence
Wei-Bin Xu,
Tao Meng,
Qiang Zhang,
Wang-Hui Wu,
Yan Liu,
Kuo-Fang Chung
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Systematic Botany
Vol. 39 • No. 3
July 2014
Vol. 39 • No. 3
July 2014
Lagarosolen
molecular taxonomy
Old World Didymocarpoid Gesneriaceae
Primulina
rare and endangered plants
Sino-Vietnamese limestone karst