taxonID	type	description	language	source
D55B1B73FFD9FFA1FF79FAD8FE8B909A.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — China, Yunnan. Gongshan County, Dulongjiang Township, wet meadow at the top of the mountain, 3,500 m a. s. l., 2 July 2014, Z. K. Wu, W. Zhou, M. L. Liu & Z. B. Tao HW 2014118 (holotype KUN; isotype KUN). Herbs perennial, 7 – 16 cm tall, drying slightly black. Roots fascicled, fusiform. Stems erect, densely glandular pubescent. Leaves basal, cauline leaves absent; petiole 1 – 2.5 cm long; leaf blade ovate-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 1.2 – 2.6 cm, abaxially white pubescent along veins, adaxially glabrous, pinnatipartite to pinnatisect; segments 5 – 9 pairs, lanceolate, pinnatifid, dentate. Inflorescences short racemose; bracts leaflike. Pedicel 5 – 6 mm long, densely pubescent. Calyx 6 – 7 mm long, 1 / 2 – 2 / 3 cleft anteriorly, with long hairs along midvein; lobes 5, unequal, posterior lobe smallest, ± entire, others dentate, with 4 or 5 cleft divisions. Corolla purple or rose-red, white at throat, ca. 1.6 cm long; tube ca. 9 mm long, glabrous; galea bent at a right angle apically, densely minutely pubescent; beak bent upward, 7 – 8 mm long; lower lip ca. 1.6 cm long × 1.7 cm wide, sparsely ciliate, the middle lobe oblong-obovate, projecting and stiped, ca. 1.2 cm long × 0.9 cm wide. Anterior filament pair pubescent at the lower part, posterior filament pair glabrous. Capsule ovoidlanceolate, ca. 1.5 cm long × 0.5 cm wide, not oblique, apex acute. Fl. May – July, fr. July – Oct.	en	Liu, Min-Lu, Yu, Wen-Bin (2015): Pedicularis wanghongiae (Orobanchaceae), a new species from Yunnan, southwestern China. Phytotaxa 217 (1): 53-62, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.217.1.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.217.1.4
D55B1B73FFD9FFA1FF79FAD8FE8B909A.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat: — Currently known only from Dulongjiang Township and Cikai Township, northwestern Yunnan, China, growing in wet meadow of high mountains at the elevation of 3200 – 3500 m. Rare.	en	Liu, Min-Lu, Yu, Wen-Bin (2015): Pedicularis wanghongiae (Orobanchaceae), a new species from Yunnan, southwestern China. Phytotaxa 217 (1): 53-62, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.217.1.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.217.1.4
D55B1B73FFD9FFA1FF79FAD8FE8B909A.taxon	etymology	Etymology: — The species epithet honors our advisor Prof. & Dr. Hong Wang, Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS, who has been working on the taxonomy and systematics of Pedicularis for 24 years. Additional specimens examined: — CHINA. Yunnan: Gongshan County, Dulongjiang Townhip, 3200 m a. s. l., 26 May 2009, L. M. Gao & Z. R. Zhang GLM 092517 (KUN); Gongshan County, Dulongjiang Township, 3500 m a. s. l., 2 July 2014, Z. K. Wu et al. HW 2014117 (KUN); Gongshan County, Cikai Township, 3500 m a. s. l., 1 July 2014, L. Lu et al. LL 201416 (KUN).	en	Liu, Min-Lu, Yu, Wen-Bin (2015): Pedicularis wanghongiae (Orobanchaceae), a new species from Yunnan, southwestern China. Phytotaxa 217 (1): 53-62, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.217.1.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.217.1.4
