TABLE 3 in Thyrocarpus fujianensis (Boraginaceae; Cynoglosseae), a new species from China: evidence from morphological and molecular analyses

TABLE 3. Morphological characters of T. fujianensis, T. sampsonii and T. glochidiatus.
T. fujianensisT. sampsoniiT. glochidiatusLeavesBasal leaves 3.5–8.1×1.4–2.6 cm, stem leaves short petiolateBasal leaves 1.–19 cm×1–5 cm, Petiole 1–4 cmBasal leaves 1.5–6.5 cm×0.3–1.4 cm, stem leaves sessilePedicel5–10 mm long1.0–4.0 mm long1.5–4.0 mm longCalyxCalyx 1–2 mm, shorter than corollaCalyx ca. 3 mm, significantly shorter than corollaCalyx ca. 3 mm, as long as corollaCorollaTube ca. 1/2 as long as limb, throat appendages ca. 0.6 mm, limb 2 mm wideTube ca. 2/5 as long as limb, throat appendages ca. 0.7 mm, limb 5–6 mm wideTube ca. 2/3 as long as limb, throat appendages ca. 1 mm, limb 2 mm wideFruitTeeth as long as the bowl, teeth not inflated, incurved, covering the inside layer, margin of inside layer incurved and distinctly inwardly constrictedTeeth ca. 1/2 as long as the bowl, teeth straight and not inflated, inside layer margin recurved but not inwardly constrictedTeeth as long as the bowl, teeth inflated at apex and incurved, margin of inside layer recurved but distinctly inwardly constrictedHabitatGrows under shaded cliffs of Danxia mountainsSlopes, thickets, roadsidesMeadows, field margins, roadsides