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LITOSTIGMA, A NEW GENUS FROM CHINA: A MORPHOLOGICAL LINK BETWEEN BASAL AND DERIVED DIDYMOCARPOID GESNERIACEAE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 February 2010

Yi-Gang Wei ,
Fang Wen ,
Wen-Hong Chen ,
Yu-Min Shui  and
M. Möller
Yi-Gang Wei
Affiliation:
The Botanical Institute of Guangxi, Guilin 541006, China. E-mail: weiyigang@yahoo.com.cn Authors for correspondence.
Fang Wen
Affiliation:
The Botanical Institute of Guangxi, Guilin 541006, China. E-mail: weiyigang@yahoo.com.cn
Wen-Hong Chen
Affiliation:
Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China.
Yu-Min Shui
Affiliation:
Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China.
M. Möller
Affiliation:
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, Scotland, UK. E-mail: m.moeller@rbge.ac.uk Authors for correspondence.
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Abstract

Litostigma, a new Chinese genus of Gesneriaceae, is described and illustrated. It is characterised by its large flowers in comparison to its small leaves; slightly revolute leaf margins; 1-flowered cymes; crateriform or disciform stigma; and long ovoid capsule. Rather surprisingly, Litostigma falls among the basal didymocarpoid Gesneriaceae. Two new species, Litostigma coriaceifolium Y.G.Wei, F.Wen & M.Möller and Litostigma crystallinum Y.M.Shui & W.H.Chen, are described.

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Flora of ChinaGesneriaceaeLitostigmaPetrocosmeaphylogeny
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany , Volume 67 , Issue 1 , March 2010 , pp. 161 - 184
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Copyright © Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 2010

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