Oreocharis wuxiensis (Gesneriaceae), a new lithophilous species from Northeast Chongqing, China Author Xiong, Chi 0000-0002-9082-2539 Guangxi Key Laboratory of Plant Conservation and Restoration Ecology in Karst Terrain, Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guilin, 541006, China & National Gesneriaceae Germplasm Resources Bank of GXIB, Gesneriad Committee of China Wild Plant Conservation Association, Gesneriad Conservation Center of China (GCCC), Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guilin Botanical Garden, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guilin, 541006, China & guilinxiongchi @ 126. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9082 - 2539 Author Chen, Feng 0000-0003-3398-8900 Chongqing Museum of Natural History, Beibei, Chongqing 400799, China & fengchen 408 @ 163. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 3398 - 8900 Author Zhang, Jia-Hui 0000-0002-2259-6402 Chongqing Key Laboratory of Plant Resource Conservation and Germplasm Innovation. Institute of Resources Botany, College of Life Science, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, China & zjhscxc @ swu. edu. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2259 - 6402 zjhscxc@swu.edu.cn Author Zhou, Hou-Lin 0000-0002-2566-1345 Chongqing Wulipo National Nature Reserve Management Service Center, Wushan, Chongqing, 404700, China & 674393605 @ qq. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2566 - 1345 674393605@qq.com Author Zheng, Chang-Bing 0000-0002-2044-5096 Chongqing Yintiaoling National Nature Reserve Management Service Center, Wuxi, Chongqing, 405800, China & 552151709 @ qq. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2044 - 5096 552151709@qq.com Author Wen, Fang Guangxi Key Laboratory of Plant Conservation and Restoration Ecology in Karst Terrain, Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guilin, 541006, China & National Gesneriaceae Germplasm Resources Bank of GXIB, Gesneriad Committee of China Wild Plant Conservation Association, Gesneriad Conservation Center of China (GCCC), Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guilin Botanical Garden, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guilin, 541006, China text Phytotaxa 2023 2023-04-24 594 1 73 77 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.594.1.5 journal article 255930 10.11646/phytotaxa.594.1.5 122a53db-dc73-415a-85be-5f35ec00a3da 1179-3163 7868949

TABLE 1. Comparison of morphological characters of Oreocharis wuxiensis and O. giraldii.

Characters	O. wuxiensis	O. giraldii
Calyx lobes	lanceolate, 3.5–4mm long	narrowly triangular to lanceolate, 4–6 mm long
Corolla	1.1–1.3 cm long, tube tubular from side view, slightly funnelform in dorsal and ventral views, 8–10 × 2–4 mm	1.6–2 cm long, tube tubular, 7–9 × 4–5 mm
Corolla lobes	adaxial lobes semiorbicular, 2–3 × 1–2 mm, abaxial lobes elliptic, 3.5–4 × 2–3 mm, as long as 1/3 tube	all lobes oblong, subequal, 4–6 × 3–4 mm, nearly as long as tube
Stamens	4.5–5.5 mm long	3–4 mm long
Staminode	absent	ca. 0.4 mm long
Pistil	5–5.5 mm long, glabrous	3–10 mm, pubescent and glandular-pubescent
Ovary	2–2.5 mm long	2–8 mm long
Style	2.5–3 mm long, nearly as long as ovary	0.5–1mm long, much shorter than ovary