TITLE	Lomatogonium chilaiensis (Gentianaceae), a newly recorded genus and new species in Taiwan
AUTHOR	Chih-Hsiung Chen Department of Biology, National Taiwan Normal University, Wenshan, Taipei, Taiwan 117, Republic of China Jenn-Che Wang Department of Biology, National Taiwan Normal University, Wenshan, Taipei, Taiwan 117, Republic of China
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ABSTRACT	A newly recorded genus Lomatogonium A. Braun (Gentianaceae) from Taiwan, and a new species L. chilaiensis C. H. Chen & J. C. Wang are described and illustrated. Lomatogonium chilaiensis, thus far known only from one population, was found on the high-altitudinal (ca. 3,100-3,300 m) moist gravelly slopes and cliff faces of Mt. Chilaishan of Taroko National Park. The new species is most similar to L. carinthiacum (Wulfen) Reichenbach, a widely distributed species, but differs from the latter by its nearly white corolla, calyx lobes almost equal in length to the corolla lobes, with the apex acute to acuminate, and appendages on nectaries few or absent.
KEYWORD	Gentianaceae; Lomatogonium; Lomatogonium chilaiensis; New species; Newly recorded genus; Taiwan; Taxonomy;
ARTICLE INFO	Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica, Volume 41 Number 4 October 2000, page 323-326, 4 pages
PUBLISHER	Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China