No.4Jing Tian, Cai-Fei Zhang, Shuai Peng, Jun-Jie Wang, Yan Wang, Guang-Wan Hu and Qing-Feng Wang

Lysionotus coccinus (Gesneriaceae), a new species fromsouthwestern Yunnan, China

Nordic journal of Botany 2020.11.27

ABSTRACT

Lysionotus coccinus G.W. Hu & Q.F. Wang, a distinct new species from Yingjiang County, southwestern Yunnan Province, China, is described and illustrated. It belongs to L. sect. Lysionotus, but has scarlet flowers while all other known species in this section have white, yellow, purple or pink flowers. Color photographs and a chart are provided for comparing the new species with related species.

Original article link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/njb.02912

Figure 1. Lysionotus coccinus sp. nov. (a) Rhizome, (b) older stem, (c) habit, (d) abaxial leaf surface, (e) bract in abaxial view, (f) flower in front view, (g) dissected corolla, (h) pistil, (i) sepals. Drawn by Jing Tian from the holotype G.W. Hu et al. HGW-1180 (HIB).

Figure 2. Lysionotus coccinus sp. nov. (a) and (b) habit, (c) rhizomes of several condensed ellipsoid segments, (d) cyme, (e) flower in side view,(f) bracts and bractoles, (g) calyx lobes, (h) and (i) dissected corolla, showing stamens and staminodes, (j) pistil. Photographs taken byGuang-Wan Hu at type locality.

Figure 3. Lysionotus sulphureoides H.W. Li et Y.X. Lu. (a) habit, (b) flower in side view, (c) flower in front view (photographs taken byGuang-Wan Hu). Lysionotus atropurpureus H. Hara (d) habit, (e) cyme, (f) abaxial leaf surface, (g) flower in frontal view, (h) flower in sideview (photographs taken by Xin-Xin Zhu).

Figure 4-6. Lysionotus sulphureoides