Group: Dicot Rank: species Kind: Name of a new Taxon

Authors:

Xin, Zi Bing
Do, Truong Van
Wen, Fang

Published In: PhytoKeys 215: 66, figs. 1, 2. 2022. (15 Dec 2022) (PhytoKeys)

Type-Protologue

Locality: Vietnam. Son La Province: Moc Chau District, Xuan Nha Nature Reserve, in moist crevices of the limestone cliff and mouth of limestone caves in a subtropical evergreen seasonal rainforest, 20°43'32"N, 104°40'50"E, elev. ca. 539 m, 1 November 2019

Collector and Number: F. Wen, T.V. Do, Z.B. Xin & S. Maciejewski VMN-CN 1231

Distribution: The new species is currently only known from one population within Xuan Nha Nature Reserve, Moc Chau District, Son La Province, north-western Vietnam. The new species grows in moist crevices of the limestone cliff and mouth of limestone caves in a subtropical evergreen seasonal rainforest, at elevations of 530–545 m.

Institution(s): holotype VNMN!; isotypes IBK!, VNMN!

Higher Taxa:     Taxonomy Browser
Concept: Andean Bryophytes Bolivia Checklist Catalogue of New World Grasses Ecuador Catalogue Flora Mesoamericana Madagascar Catalogue Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica Moss Flora of China Peru Checklist Philippine Bryophytes System    details

• class:  Equisetopsida C. Agardh
• subclass:  Magnoliidae Novák ex Takht.
• superorder:  Asteranae Takht.
• order:  Lamiales Bromhead
• family:  Gesneriaceae Rich. & Juss.
• genus:  Microchirita (C.B. Clarke) Y.Z. Wang