Oreocharis yangjifengensis (Gesneriaceae), a new species from Yangjifeng National Nature Reserve of Yingtan City, Jiangxi Province, China

Abstract

Oreocharis yangjifengensis F.Wen & B.Chen, a new species of Gesneriaceae from Yangjifeng National Nature Reserve, Yingtan city, Jiangxi province, East China, is described and illustrated. It can be easily distinguished from other Oreocharis species by having a zygomorphic and urceolate corolla, and peduncle, bracts, pedicel and calyx densely pale brown woolly to pubescent.

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“…(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).…”