Petrocodon rubiginosus, a new species of Gesneriaceae from Guangxi, China
Rui-Li Zhang,
Shu Li,
Stephen Maciejewski,
Yi-Gang Wei
Affiliations
Rui-Li Zhang
Beijing Engineering Research Center of Rural Landscape Planning and Design, College of Landscape Architecture, Beijing University of Agriculture
Shu Li
Guangxi Key Laboratory of Plant Conservation and Restoration Ecology in Karst Terrain, Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Chinese Academy of Sciences
Stephen Maciejewski
The Gesneriad Society, Inc.
Yi-Gang Wei
Guangxi Key Laboratory of Plant Conservation and Restoration Ecology in Karst Terrain, Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Chinese Academy of Sciences
Petrocodon rubiginosus, a new species from Guangxi of South China is described and illustrated with photographs. The new species is morphologically similar to Pet. hechiensis, but can be easily distinguished by a combination of characters, especially in its petioles, peduncles and pedicels covered with densely ferruginous pilose hairs.
