Primula pingbaensis (Primulaceae), a new species from Guizhou, China

By

Na, Zhang
Jiang, Xiaoqi
Wu, Zhi-Kun

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

221

Pages

85--93

Subjects

Guizhou , karst , new species , ping ba bao chun , Primula sect. Petiolares

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.221.97948

 

Abstract

Primula pingbaensis Na Zhang, X.Q.Jiang & Z.K.Wu, a new species of Primulaceae from Gaofeng Mountain of Pingba county, Guizhou, China, is described and illustrated. Morphological evidence supports P. pingbaensis as a member of P. sect. Petiolares on account of scape elongating, pedicels conspicuously thickening in fruit, and its capsule cracking irregularly round the top and crumbling away. Amongst the members of subsect. Davidii, the new species is characterized by having a uniquely smooth leaf blade due to inconspicuously raised veinlets and homostylous flowers with the style usually extending beyond the anthers. The distribution, phenology and conservation status of the new species are also provided.