FLORA OF VIETNAM

Fam. Gesneriaceae

Chirita sp.

Vietnam, Thua Thien – Hue Prov., Nam Dong Distr., Huong Son Municipality, around point 16°09'58''N, 107°36'07''E. Fractionally logged primary closed broad-leaved evergreen lowland forest along La Ma River on very steep hill slopes composed with clayey shale and sandstone at elevation 300-400 m a.s.l. Lithophytic rosette herb on vertical quartzite outcrops on very steep shady rocky stream slopes. Flowers brightly yellow. Rare, but locally abundant.

No HAL 7162 31 March 2005. Photo.

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Collectors: L.Averyanov, P.K.Loc, P.V.The, A.Averyanova, N.T.Vinh.