Boeica konchurangensis sp. nov. (Gesneriaceae) from Gia Lai plateau, Vietnam

Abstract

Boeica konchurangensis B.H.Quang, D.V.Hai & Mich.Möller, a new species of Gesneriaceae from the Gia Lai Province of Vietnam is described, illustrated, and colour photographs of the species are provided. This new species has an almost actinomorphic corolla and shows morphological similarities with B. porosa, but differs from it by a shorter peduncle, a near‐actinomorphic purple corolla with a distinctly broad campanulate tube and a shorter capsule.

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“…The specimens were then processed into mounted herbarium-sheets following the methods of Jain and Rao (1977). For their identification, the plants were compared with images of types present in K and PE, vouchers of related species at ARUN and ASSAM, and also with relevant literature (Clarke 1874(Clarke , 1885Pan 1990;Wang et al 1998;Burtt 2001;Li and Wang 2004;Sinha and Datta 2016;Wen et al 2016;Hareesh et al 2018;Quang et al 2019). (Figs 2, 3).…”