Abstract
A new species of Hemiboea, H. roseoalba, from Guangdong, China, is described and illustrated. It is similar to H. gracilis and H. angustifolia in leaf and flower shape, but can be distinguished by leaf blade with serrulate from the middle to the apex, lateral veins 7-9 on each side of midrib; peduncle 2.5-3.0 cm long, glabrous; cymes 4-6-flowered; triangular calyx base connate for c. 0.3 cm; pink corolla 4.0-4.3 cm long and margin of lobes curled or retroflexed; staminodes 3; pistil 3.7-4.0 cm long; disc 2 mm high and truncate stigma slightly swollen.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjpt.v20i2.17391Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 20(2): 171-177, 2013
Highlights
The genus Hemiboea Clarke in Hooker (1888) of the Gesneriaceae was first described by Clarke, with two sections: Sect
Metabriggsia is reduced to synonymy with Hemiboea and its two species are transferred to that genus (Weber et al, 2011)
The center of species diversity of the genus, has all species distributed from South China eastward to Taiwan and northward to Henan and Ganshu (Li, 1983, 1987), with 4 species recorded in Guangdong province before 2012 (Wei et al, 2010)
Summary
The genus Hemiboea Clarke in Hooker (1888) of the Gesneriaceae was first described by Clarke, with two sections: Sect. After consulting national floras and relevant literature (Li, 1987, 2004; Wang, 1990; Wei and Wen, 1995; Weitzman et al, 1997; Wang et al, 1998; Wei et al, 2010; Xu et al, 2010; Huang et al, 2011; Wen et al, 2011; Pan et al, 2012), as well as specimens of different herbaria (PE, IBK, IBSC, CDBI, HN, KUN, ANU, BJFU, VNM), we concluded that our specimens represent a new species, Hemiboea roseoalba sp. HEMIBOEA ROSEOALBA, A NEW SPECIES FROM CHINA
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