Discovery of Paraboea minutiflora ( Gesneriaceae) from Southeast Yunnan, China with supplementary description
Sino-Vietnamese limestone karsts are biodiversity hotspots in the world and key areas for biodiversity conser-vation, and many new species of Paraboea have been found there recently. Paraboea minutiflora D. J. Middleton was col-lected firstly from northern Vietnam in 2001 and was published in 2018, but it is incomplete and lacks type specimens with mature flowers when reported. The description of Paraboea minutiflora was supplemented based on the collectionsfrom southeastern Yunnan, China and Ha Giang, Vietnam, and line drawing and photos are also provided. Paraboea minutiflora is most similar to Paraboea glanduliflora Barnett in having glabrous, reflexed calyx and corolla with glandular hairs, but differs from the latter by the upper leaf surfaces covered with brown matted indumentum when young, but gla-brescent at maturity, the inflorescences terminal, the corolla 9-12 mm long, the capsule straight, 1. 2 – 2. 8 cm long. The discovery of Paraboea minutiflora from southeastern Yunnan, China demonstrates the flora is closely interrelat-ed between the southern limestone karsts of China and the northern limestone karsts of Vietnam.
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