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| Primulina hsiwenii Lei Cai, Ting Zhang & J.D.Ya, in Cai, Ya et Zhang, 2024. Edinburgh Journal of Botany. 81; Photographs: Lei Cai. |
Abstract
A new species of Gesneriaceae, Primulina hsiwenii Lei Cai, Ting Zhang & J.D.Ya, from the karst regions in southeastern Yunnan, China, is described and illustrated. Its morphological relationship with a similar species is discussed, and a detailed description, colour photographs, distribution and habitat information and an IUCN conservation assessment are provided.
Keywords: Flora of China, Karst regions, New species, Primulina
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| Primulina hsiwenii Lei Cai, Ting Zhang & J.D.Ya, sp. nov. A, Habitat; B, flowering plant |
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| Primulina hsiwenii Lei Cai, Ting Zhang & J.D.Ya, sp. nov. C, adaxial leaf surface; D, abaxial leaf surface; E, flower, front view; F, flower, side view; G, flower, top view; H and I, opened corolla, exposing stamens and staminodes, and pistil with calyx; J, abaxial view of adnate anthers cohering face to face; K, adaxial view of cohering anthers. Photographs: Lei Cai. |
Primulina hsiwenii Lei Cai, Ting Zhang & J.D.Ya, sp. nov.
A species closely allied to Primulina luochengensis (Yan Liu & W.B.Xu) Mich.Möller & A.Weber in habit, flattened petiole, shape of leaf blade, and shape and structure of flower but mainly differing from the latter in leaf blade covered with appressed puberulent hairs adaxially, puberulent abaxially (vs pubescent on both surfaces), bracts ovate triangular, c.1 mm long (vs narrowly linear, 4–6 mm long), corolla narrow campanulate, 12–16 mm long (vs obliquely campanulate, 8–9 mm long), stamens adnate to ...
Etymology. The specific epithet is in memory of Prof. Li Hsi-Wen of Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, for his contribution to the taxonomy of the Gesneriaceae family in the Flora of China (Wang et al., 1998).
Vernacular name. The Chinese name is Xī Wén Bào Chūn Jù Tái (锡文报春苣苔).
L. Cai, J. D. Ya and T. Zhang. 2024. PRIMULINA HSIWENII (GESNERIACEAE), A NEW SPECIES FROM SOUTHEASTERN YUNNAN, CHINA. Edinburgh Journal of Botany. 81; journals.rbge.org.uk/EJB/article/view/1912
