identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
8A19CCDC30BA5868B5D73D2252FD7090.text	8A19CCDC30BA5868B5D73D2252FD7090.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Chelonopsis guchengensis X. Q. Liu, Z. C. Wei, Y. H. Xu, Y. X. Chen & J. Wen 2025	<div><p>Chelonopsis guchengensis X. Q. Liu, Z. C. Wei, Y. H. Xu, Y. X. Chen &amp; J. Wen sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 3, 5, Zhang et al. 2012: fig. 1</p><p>Type.</p><p>China. Hubei • Gucheng County, Nanhe National Nature Reserve, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=111.39667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=32.035557" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 111.39667/lat 32.035557)">valley nearby Nanhe River</a>, 32°2'8"N, 111°23'48"E, 592 m, 23 October 2023, in ff., X. Q. LIU 1200 (holotype: CCAU!; isotypes: CCAU!) .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>The new species is morphologically similar to C. giraldii but differs in having longer and wider leaves (ca. 2–10 cm × 1–5 cm vs ca. 2.5–4 cm × 1.8–2.5 cm), and different leaf shapes (leaf shape oblong-ovoid, base attenuate, margin serrate, apex caudate vs leaf shape ovate, base truncate, margin crenate, apex obtuse in C. giraldii) (Fig. 4). The main differences between C. guchengensis and other plants in the genus are as follows: leaf shape oblong-ovoid (vs lanceolate in C. chekiangensis and ovate in C. rosea and C. mollissima); usually 2 - flowered, pedicel length 1.5 cm (vs 3 - flowered or more, pedicel tight and nearly sessile in C. abbreviata); bracteoles linear-lanceolate, ca. 1.5 cm long (vs bracteole conspicuous, leaf lanceolate, ca. 2.5 cm long in C. bracteata); corolla purplish red (vs yellow in C. lichiangensis, C. odontochila and milky yellow in C. souliei); and calyx apex acuminate (vs gradually aristate in C. forrestii).</p><p>Description.</p><p>Semi shrubs, ca. 1–2 m tall. Stem: terete, striate, much branched, densely white tomentose, lime green or purple-red. Leaves: ca. 2–10 cm × 1–5 cm, opposite, lanceolate to ovate, apex acuminate, base cuneate, margins doubly serrate, green above, paler below, leaves all cauline, finely punctate, adjacent leaves cruciform, leaf surfaces white bristly, leaf abaxial surfaces glabrous, lateral veins 5–7 pairs, impressed above, elevated below; petiole slender, subterete, ca. 1–3 cm long, densely puberulent. Inflorescence: Cymes axillary, usually 2 - flowered. Bracteoles: 2, linear-lanceolate, ca. 1–1.5 cm × 1–2 mm. Flowers: purplish red; calyx with 5 regular, very large, triangular teeth, calyx tube outside white pilose, inside glabrous, apex acuminate, reticulate veins conspicuous, purplish red when young, the same color as the stem, turning green at maturity; corolla ca. 5 cm, upper and lower lips unequal, lower lip obviously longer than upper lip; corolla tube ca. 3 cm, projecting much beyond calyx tube, throat inflated, exterior densely white tomentose, interior glabrous, irregularly spotted along lower lip axis; stamens didynamous, anterior pair longer, filaments filiform, flattened, puberulent, anthers ovoid, whiskered; styles filiform, glabrous, projecting beyond apothecia, apex equally 2 - lobed.</p><p>Phenology.</p><p>Flowering from September to October.</p><p>Distribution and habitat.</p><p>At present, this species is only found in the mountainous area of Nanhe National Nature Reserve, Gucheng County, Hubei Province, China and Shennongjia Forest District, which is commonly found in the valleys near water sources at an altitude of 432–673 m, as well as in moist and fertile thickets (Fig. 6).</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The new species is named after Gucheng County in Hubei, China where it is distributed. The Chinese name is given as “ 谷城铃子香 ”.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8A19CCDC30BA5868B5D73D2252FD7090	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Xu, Yuhan;Wei, Zhengcai;Fu, Qiang;Xiang, Chunlei;Deng, Zhengqun;Liu, Houchao;Chen, Yuxing;Wen, Jun;Liu, Xiuqun	Xu, Yuhan, Wei, Zhengcai, Fu, Qiang, Xiang, Chunlei, Deng, Zhengqun, Liu, Houchao, Chen, Yuxing, Wen, Jun, Liu, Xiuqun (2025): Chelonopsis guchengensis, a new species of Lamiaceae from Hubei Province in Central China. PhytoKeys 253: 331-342, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.253.145834
