Primulina scutellifolia, a new species of Gesneriaceae from southern Vietnam

By

Vu, Ngoc Long
Nguyen, Tran Quoc Trung
Tran, Gioi
Nguyen, Dat
Luu, Hong Truong

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

187

Pages

15--21

Subjects

Gesneriaceae , new species , Primulina , scutellate leaves , Vietnam

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.187.77856

 

Abstract

Primulina scutellifolia is described as a new species from Khanh Hoa Province, southern Central Vietnam. It is distinct in the genus in having scutellate leaves that make it a highly potential ornamental plant. The new species looks like P. annamensis in general shapes, sizes and colours of habit, inflorescence, flower, and leaf but is distinguishable by adaxially glabrous and abaxially strigose leaves with serrate margins, scutellate leaf blade and appressed downwards tomentose petiole, sparsely glandular hairs on apical 1/2 of the gynoecium and trapeziform one-lipped stigma with slightly emarginated apex.