taxonID	type	description	language	source
C370E800D7FA5693BAF1CF5819CE44F5.taxon	description	Figs 1, 2	en	Xin, Zi-Bing, Li, Rui-Feng, Maciejewski, Stephen, Fu, Long-Fei, Do, Truong Van, Wen, Fang (2022): Microchirita minor (Gesneriaceae), a new species from north-western Vietnam. PhytoKeys 215: 65-71, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.215.90859, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.215.90859
C370E800D7FA5693BAF1CF5819CE44F5.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The new species is morphologically similar to Microchirita hamosa, but it differs from the latter in its corolla tube 5 - 6 mm long, with four yellow patches, each one originating at the base of each filament and reaching the throat, the throat-base diameter ratio of the corolla tube 1 - 1.2 (vs. corolla tube 8 - 15 mm long, with one yellow patch ventrally, the throat-base diameter ratio of the corolla tube 2 - 3); stamens 4, 2 - 2.5 mm long, ca. 0.3 mm in diameter (vs. stamens 2, ca. 1.5 mm long, ca. 0.1 mm in diameter); pistil 6 - 8 mm long (vs. ca. 16 mm long); ovary 2 - 3 mm long (vs. ca. 14 mm long).	en	Xin, Zi-Bing, Li, Rui-Feng, Maciejewski, Stephen, Fu, Long-Fei, Do, Truong Van, Wen, Fang (2022): Microchirita minor (Gesneriaceae), a new species from north-western Vietnam. PhytoKeys 215: 65-71, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.215.90859, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.215.90859
C370E800D7FA5693BAF1CF5819CE44F5.taxon	materials_examined	Type. Vietnam. Son La Province: Moc Chau District, Xuan Nha Nature Reserve, in moist crevices of the limestone cliff and mouth of limestone caves in a subtropical evergreen seasonal rainforest, 20 ° 43 ' 32 " N, 104 ° 40 ' 50 " E, elev. ca. 539 m, 1 November 2019, F. Wen, T. V. Do, Z. B. Xin & S. Maciejewski VMN-CN 1231 (holotype VNMN!; isotypes IBK!, VNMN!).	en	Xin, Zi-Bing, Li, Rui-Feng, Maciejewski, Stephen, Fu, Long-Fei, Do, Truong Van, Wen, Fang (2022): Microchirita minor (Gesneriaceae), a new species from north-western Vietnam. PhytoKeys 215: 65-71, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.215.90859, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.215.90859
C370E800D7FA5693BAF1CF5819CE44F5.taxon	description	Description. Annual herb, up to 7 cm tall. Stems maroon green, erect or sub-erect, sparsely eglandular pubescent; unbranched. Leaves 1, rarely 3 to 5, lowermost solitary, leaves towards apex opposite; petioles 1 - 10 mm long, densely and shortly pubescent; blades mid-green adaxially, paler abaxially, ovate to elliptic, 1 - 10 cm long, 0.5 - 8 cm wide, base cordate broadly attenuate to obtuse, apex acute to acuminate, eglandular pubescent adaxially and abaxially, margin near entire, mid-rib impressed adaxially, prominent abaxially, lateral veins 5 - 7 pairs, sparsely eglandular pubescent. Inflorescences cristate, epiphyllous, 5 - 15 - flowered; peduncles extremely short, ca. 1 mm long; bracts absent; pedicels pale green, 4 - 6 mm long, densely glandular and eglandular pubescent. Calyx 5, segments unequal, upper lobes 3 - parted to near the base, lower lobes 2 - parted to the base, the central upper lobe (alternate to the upper corolla lobes) shorter and thinner than the other lobes, pale green, lobes lanceolate, larger lobes 5 - 7 x ca. 1 mm, smaller lobes ca. 4 x 0.6 mm, apex acuminate, margin entire, densely glandular and eglandular pubescent outside, glabrous inside. Corolla 8 - 10 mm long, tube white, with four yellow patches inside the tube, each one of them originating at the base of each filament and reaching the throat, corolla tube tubular, 5 - 6 mm long, 1.7 - 2.2 mm in diameter, eglandular hairy outside, glabrous inside; lobes elliptic, upper lobes 1 - 1.2 x 1.2 - 1.5 mm, lower lobes 1.2 - 1.5 x 1.5 - 2.0 mm. Stamens 4, inserted ca. 3 mm above the corolla base; filaments straight, white, glabrous, 2 - 2.5 mm long, ca. 0.3 mm in diameter; anthers white, papilionaceous, ca. 0.8 x 0.6 mm; staminode 1, adnate to ca. 2.5 mm above the corolla base, 0.3 - 0.5 mm long. Disc annular, margin entire. Pistil 6 - 8 mm long, densely glandular and eglandular pubescent from the base, more sparsely towards the stigma; ovary 2 - 3 mm long; style 3 - 4 mm long, eglandular pubescent, stigma elliptic, ca. 1 x 0.8 mm. Capsule green, 1.4 - 1.6 cm long, 1.5 - 2.0 mm in diameter, eglandular pubescent, straight.	en	Xin, Zi-Bing, Li, Rui-Feng, Maciejewski, Stephen, Fu, Long-Fei, Do, Truong Van, Wen, Fang (2022): Microchirita minor (Gesneriaceae), a new species from north-western Vietnam. PhytoKeys 215: 65-71, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.215.90859, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.215.90859
C370E800D7FA5693BAF1CF5819CE44F5.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Latin minor, smaller, alluding to size of plants and flowers.	en	Xin, Zi-Bing, Li, Rui-Feng, Maciejewski, Stephen, Fu, Long-Fei, Do, Truong Van, Wen, Fang (2022): Microchirita minor (Gesneriaceae), a new species from north-western Vietnam. PhytoKeys 215: 65-71, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.215.90859, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.215.90859
C370E800D7FA5693BAF1CF5819CE44F5.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat. The new species is currently only known from one population within Xuan Nha Nature Reserve, Moc Chau District, Son La Province, north-western Vietnam. The new species grows in moist crevices of the limestone cliff and mouth of limestone caves in a subtropical evergreen seasonal rainforest, at elevations of 530 - 545 m.	en	Xin, Zi-Bing, Li, Rui-Feng, Maciejewski, Stephen, Fu, Long-Fei, Do, Truong Van, Wen, Fang (2022): Microchirita minor (Gesneriaceae), a new species from north-western Vietnam. PhytoKeys 215: 65-71, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.215.90859, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.215.90859
