Oreocharis guangwushanensis, a new species of Gesneriaceae from Sichuan Province, China

Abstract

A new species of Oreocharis, O. guangwushanensis from the Sichuan Province of south-western China, is described and illustrated here. This new species has a pink corolla that is different from other species of Oreocharis in southwest China and, although it is morphologically similar to O. ronganensis and O. reticuliflora, it has significant differences in the colour and shape of the corolla, the apex of the corolla limb, shape and indumentum of the filaments and a shorter pistil. A detailed description, colour photographs, distribution and habitat, as well as the IUCN conservation status, are also provided.

Oreocharis scutifolia (Gesneriaceae) , a unique new species from the Dry and Hot Valley of Jinsha River Basin, Yunnan, China

“…(Gesneriaceae) is a species-rich genus which distributed in the Old World (Kong et al, 2022;Möller et al 2011). As of August 2021, there are 147 Oreocharis species (including a suspect species) in China (Wen et al, 2021), and in recent two years, the number of species in this genus is still increasing at a rate of more than 3-6 per year (Gong et al, 2022;Huang et al, 2023;Hu et al, 2023;Khuong et al, 2022;Li et al, 2023;Li et al, 2022;Ling et al, 2022;Liu et al, 2021;Lv et al, 2021;Yang et al, 2022;Yang et al, 2021;Zhou et al, 2023). Almost all of the Oreocharis species currently known are growing on shady and wet rocks, or stony soils (Kong et al, 2022).…”