- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77157231-1
- Publication
- Gardens' Bulletin. Singapore
- Collation
- 68(1): 140
- Date of Publication
- 20 May 2016
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Gesneriaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- Wen Fang WF140718-01
- Locality
- Thanh Hóa province, Quan Hóa district, Quan Hóa town, Pu Hu Nature Reserve, 900 m
- Collection Date
- 18 Jul 2014
- Type Herbaria
- holotype VNMN
isotype IBK - Distribution Of Types
- Vietnam (Indo-China, Asia-Tropical)
Remarks
doi:10.3850/S2382581216000107 the specific epithet derives from the perception by the authors that the lateral view of the mature corolla looks like the head of a bird: ornithocephalantha is composed of the Greek elements 'ornitho-' for bird, 'cephal-' for head and '-antha' for flower