龙胜金盏苣苔 Oreocharis lungshengensis

by Jun

  • Scientific Name: Oreocharis lungshengensis (W.T.Wang) Mich.Möller & A.Weber
  • Ref: Phytotaxa 23:23. 2011
  • Synonyms: Isometrum lungshengense (W.T.Wang) W.T.Wang & K.Y.Pan; Opithandra lungshengensis W.T.Wang
  • Chinese Common Name: 龙胜金盏苣苔 Lóngshèng jīnzhǎn∙jùtái, 龙胜马铃苣苔 Lóngshèng mǎlíng∙jùtái
  • Family: Gesneriaceae
  • Genus: Oreocharis
  • Distribution: Rocks near roads and in forests; 700-1500 m. Guangxi (Longsheng Xian, Lingui Xian).
  • Photo: 10/05/2013, Huaping, Guangxi
Petiole to 8 cm, densely white pubescent; leaf blade elliptic-obovate to ovate, (2-)4-8.7 X (1.2-)3-5.7 cm, adaxially white appressed villous, abaxially pubescent, base rounded to cordate, margin shallowly serrate to serrate, apex obtuse; lateral veins 4-6 on each side of midrib, distinct. Peduncle 4-9 cm, spreading villous; bracts 5-6 mm, white villous, margin entire. Pedicel 4-7 mm. Calyx segments narrowly lanceolate to narrowly triangular, 4-9 mm, margin entire. Corolla pink to purple-red, 2.3-3.7 cm, outside sparsely glandular puberulent; tube campanulate-tubular, 1.8-3 X 0.7-1.1 cm; all lobes suborbicular, 4-7(-11) X ca. 6 mm. Stamens 7-10 mm; filaments glandular puberulent near apex; anthers coherent in pairs, thecae not confluent; staminode 0.4-2 mm. Pistil (1.2-)2.5-3.5 cm, sparsely pubescent near apex; ovary (0.7-)1.3-2.5 cm. Capsule 2.8-4.5 cm. Fl. Sep-Oct. (Flora of China)
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