Saturday, September 17, 2016

[Botany • 2012] Briggsia damingshanensis • A New Species (Gesneriaceae) from Guangxi, China


Briggsia damingshanensis  
 L. Wu & B. Pan  

 Abstract
Briggsia damingshanensis L. Wu & B. Pan is described and illustrated as a new species of Gesneriaceae from Guangxi, China. It is similar to B. dongxingensis, but differs in its densely glandular-pubescent ovary, inconspicuous or absent bracts, pendulous and very slender peduncle, and sparsely pubescent stem and petiole.



 Wu Lei, Bo Pan, Jin-Cai Yang and Wei-An Xu. 2012. Briggsia damingshanensis (Gesneriaceae), A New Species from Guangxi, China.
Annales Botanici Fennici. 49(1-2); 79-82.   DOI:  10.5735/085.049.0111