Corresponding author: Xin Hong (
Academic editor: A. Paton
He D-M, Feng Y-F, Pan F-Z, Hong X, Wen F (2018)
Southern and south-western China has extensive areas of karst topography (
In 2009, one of the authors (WF) encountered a
Measurements and morphological character assessments of the putative new species were undertaken and described using specimens worked on by the current authors and living material observed in the field and at the Gesneriad Conservation Centre of China. All available specimens of
Diagnostic character differences amongst
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subsessile or up to 3 cm long | subsessile or up to 2 cm long | 2–10 cm long | 3–7 cm long |
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oblong-ovate to elliptic | linear-oblanceolate | elliptic to ovate or oblanceolate | obovate to elliptic, ovate or oblong |
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crenate | serrulate | serrulate to crenulate | serrate to subentire |
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4–8 | 4–8 | 7–11 | 10–14 |
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broadly obovate | linear-lanceolate | lanceolate to ovate, | narrowly ovate to obovate |
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glabrous | outside pannose | outside pannose | outside pannose |
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oblong to oblanceolate | linear-lanceolate | narrowly oblong to narrowly triangular | lanceolate to narrowly triangular |
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membranous | thick papery | papery | papery |
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glabrous | pannose | sparsely puberulent | glandular puberulent to glabrous |
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sparsely glandular puberulent | glabrous | bearded | glabrous to glandular puberulent |
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capitate, ca. 0.2 mm long | linear, ca. 4 mm long, | linear, ca. 3 mm long, | linear, 1.2–2 mm long |
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twisted | straight | twisted | twisted |
CHINA. Yunnan Province: Shaka County, Gumu Town, Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture,
The specific epithet is derived from the type locality, Wenshan National Nature Reserve, Yunnan Province, China.
Wén Shān Zhǖ Máo Jǜ Tái (Chinese pronunciation); 文山蛛毛苣苔 (Chinese name).
To date,
Current information for this new species is only known from very few collections and details on the size of the population are known in Wenshan Nature Reserve, where the plants’ protected status is guaranteed. Based on five careful field investigations in the past years, this species appears to be locally abundant. Considering that not enough is known about the population, it is proposed that
The geographical distributions of
The geographical distribution of
The authors are grateful to Prof. Yi-Bo Luo and Dr. Wei-Bin Xu for the photographs of