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Didymocarpus xuanlienensis, a new species of Didymocarpus (Gesneriaceae) from Vietnam
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- 1. Institute of Earth Sciences, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Ha Noi, Vietnam
- 2. Silviculture Research Institute, Vietnamese Academy of Forest Sciences, Ha Noi, Vietnam
- 3. Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, China
- 4. Nanning Botanical Garden, Nanning, China|Nanning Garden Expo Park Management Center (Nanning Institute of Tropical Botany), Nanning, China
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Didymocarpus xuanlienensis, a new species from Vietnam, is described and illustrated here. It is morphologically similar to D. brevipedunculatus and D. purpureobracteatus in terms of corolla size and color but differs from D. brevipedunculatus in leaf blade shape, bract shape, indumentum, and calyx shape and differs from D. purpureobracteatus in peduncle indumentum, bract shape, and calyx shape. A detailed morphological description of the new species and a key to all Didymocarpus species in Vietnam are provided.
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