Chinese researchers have discovered the "hidden world" of 100 years of Baye mango moss

Xinhua News Agency, Chengdu, June 28 (Reporter Wu Xiaoying) 28 from China's
Chengdu Institute of Biology was informed that Chinese researchers in the Tibet Autonomous Region found a "hidden" 100 years later was found again plant species "Aeschynanthus monetaria", and for its first time to draw up Chinese - Baye mango moss.
this discovery is one of the important achievements of the second Qinghai-Tibet Plateau science examination. China
Chengdu Institute of Biology participated in the second Qinghai-Tibet Plateau scientific examination, in the process of sorting out plant specimens collected during field expeditions in recent years, found that a plant collected in the forest along the Yalu-Tibetbu River in Mote County, Tibet, "different." The man-haired moss was discovered in October 2015 by Hu Jun, an assistant researcher at the Chengdu Institute of Biological Research in China

It is learned that the genus mango moss is a unique genus of bitter moss, about 140 species -160 species, mostly distributed in the tropics, China has more than 30 kinds, distributed in Tibet, Yunnan, Guangxi and other places. This mango moss round rule is very similar to the shell-like leaves are different from other small leaf types, flower stalks, slivers, flower crowns and other organs covered with short aden hair, bright colors, corolla length of about 4 cm.
researchers consulted domestic and foreign data, found only two specimens internationally, and learned that the collection time was more than 100 years ago, of which only one was publicly available. By comparing the specified model specimens stored at kew garden specimens in London, England, it was found that the newly collected specimens in Mot County were perfectly matched in morphological characteristics.
researchers supplemented the species description with original imagery and newly collected specimens from the expedition, and discussed the original records of the species at the time of collection and its Latin naming. Based on its leaf shape and Latin noun meaning, the researchers developed Chinese for the first time, called Baye mango moss.
the relevant research results were published recently in the International Journal of Plant Taxatixa (Plant Classification) by the China
Chengdu Institute of Biology in cooperation with the China
Plant Research Institute in Jiangsu Province and the Guangxi Plant Research Institute.