Published October 22, 2021 | Version v1
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Hemiboea chanii (Gesneriaceae), a new species from limestone areas of northern Vietnam

  • 1. Saint Petersburg State Forestry University, St.Petersburg, Russia|Vietnam National University of Forestry, Ha Noi, Vietnam
  • 2. Vietnam National University of Forestry, Ha Noi, Vietnam
  • 3. Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Ha Noi, Vietnam
  • 4. St. Petersburg State University, St.Petersburg, Russia
  • 5. Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Science, St. Petersburg, Russia

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Hemiboea chanii, a new species of Gesneriaceae from Ha Giang Province, northern Vietnam, is here described and illustrated. It has many branched stems, diamond-shaped involucre with two cirrose opposite apices, a pink corolla, red spotted inside, and a flowering time in January-February. Among congeners with an externally hairy corolla, this new species is morphologically close to H. crystallina and H. sinovietnamica. Diagnostic discriminative characters in all mentioned species are discussed. The conservation status of this species is considered to be "Critically endangered" (CR) according to the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria.

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