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A newly recorded species of Christisonia from China
Author: Tan Yunhong
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Update time: 2013-08-23
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  Christisonia siamensis Craib is reported as a new record species to China.A morphological description of the species was given based on the newly discoverd population,which grew under the tropicalr ainforest at an altitude of 750 m.The main difference between C.hookeri Clarke is:calyx whitish or yellowish,sometimes dark purple,tubular,with distinct delta-shaped calyx teeth,coroll along tubular,5 lobed,purple,lobes bluish to violet with a yellow patch on the middle of the lower lip stretching down the interior of the tube.Filaments glabrous,anther 1-celled, massed together;1 pair of ten prominently spurred;spur with an obvious conical projection at the tip;dehiscence by apicalpore.

 

 

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Christisonia siamensis Craib,a newly recorded species of Christisonia from China

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Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Menglun, Mengla, Yunnan 666303, China
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