Primulina nana (Gesneriaceae), a new species from eastern Guangxi, China

By

Xiong, Chi
Chou, Wei-Chuen
Huang, Yi
Wen, Fang

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

197

Pages

33--39

Subjects

flora of Guangxi , Gesneriaceae , new taxon , Primulina yangshuoensis , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.197.83089

 

Abstract

Primulina nana C.Xiong, W.C.Chou & F.Wen, a new species of Gesneriaceae from limestone areas of Guangxi, China, is described and illustrated here. It morphologically resembles P. yangshuoensis Y.G.Wei & F.Wen in papillose leaf surface, but can be easily distinguished from the latter by noting a combination of characteristics, especially in its leaf blades, leaf blade indumentum characteristic, calyx lobes, corolla and the disc. We found only one population at the type locality, about 200 mature individuals. According to the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria (Version 3.1), the new species is provisionally assessed as Critically Endangered (CR).