No.1   JING GUO, ZHAO-CEN LU, JING LIU& WEI-BIN XU

Paraboea crassifila, a new species of Paraboea (Gesneriaceae) from Danxia landform in Guangxi, China

Taiwania 61(1): 8‒12.

ABSTRACT

Paraboeacrassifila,anewspeciesofGesneriaceaefromDanxialandforminGuangxi,Chinaisdescribedandillustrated, based on morphological and anatomical features. Paraboea crassifila sp. nov. is reported firstly from Danxia landform in China, with the special feature of enlarged filaments differing from the others of Paraboea distributed in China. Paraboea crassifila is similar to Paraboea guilinensis L. Xu & Y.G. Wei in the habit, but it can be distinguished by the obovate to narrowly obovate leaf blade, the peduncle and calyx covered with ferrugineous matted indumentums, the corolla arachnoid outside, the enlarged filaments, and 3 staminodes (Cited from Guo et al., 2016).

Fig 1. Paraboea crassifila. A: Habit. B: Opened corolla showing stamens and staminodes. C: Pistil and calyx. D: Stamens dorsal view. E: Stamens face view. F: Capsule(Cited from Guo et al., 2016).

Fig 2. Paraboea crassifila. A: Habit. B: Flowers face view. C: Flowers side view. D: Adaxial leaf surface. E: Abaxial leaf surface. F: Opened corolla showing stamens and staminodes. G: Stamens face view. H: Stamens dorsal view. I: Pistil and calyx(Cited from Guo et al., 2016).

Fig 3. Distribution of Paraboea crassifila (★) and Paraboea guilinensis (▲) in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China (Cited from Guo et al., 2016).