苦苣苔科是一个著名的广布性大科,体态多姿、花朵绚丽,喜阴耐阴,全世界约有1400多种。中国有56属(其中28属特产中国),约413种,多数分布于云南、广西和广东等热带及亚热带丘陵地带,多生于石灰岩山的陡崖上。西双版纳植物园在今年初发表了一个新种苦苣苔科植物——蔡氏马铃苣苔 Gesnellidae is a well-known large-scale broad-based, body and colorful, brilliant flowers, hi overcast shade, there are about 1400 kinds of the world. There are 56 genera (of which 28 are endemic to China) and about 413 species, most of which are found in tropical and subtropical hilly areas such as Yunnan, Guangxi and Guangdong, and are mostly born on the steep cliffs of limestone mountains. Early this year, Xishuangbanna Botanical Garden published a new species of the genus Goryo-giganteus