External links to taxonomic opinions:
- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77314715-1
- Publication
- PhytoKeys
- Collation
- 220: 66
- Date of Publication
- 24 Feb 2023
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Gesneriaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- Jia-Qi Qin QJQ170420-01
- Locality
- Tengchong city, Mangbang township, c. 1500 m
- Collection Date
- 20 Apr 2017
- Type Herbaria
- holotype IBK
isotype KUN - Distribution Of Types
- Yunnan (China South-Central, China, Asia-Temperate)
- Type Remarks
- 24°93'N, 98°67'E
Nomenclatural Notes
[epublished]
Remarks
doi:10.3897/phytokeys.220.98040 Etymology: 'Compared with most other species of Aeschynanthus, the beautiful green leaves and flowers of this dwarf plant resemble an emerald. The specific epithet 'smaragdinus' is derived from the Latin vocabulary and means a unique dazzling green'.