Primula medogensis, a new species of Primulaceae from Tibet of China

By

Ju, Wen-Bin
Deng, Heng-Ning
Liu, Feng
He, Xingjin
Gao, Xin-Fen
Xu, Bo

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

230

Pages

107--114

Subjects

morphological characters , Primula sect. Cordifoliae , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.230.107008

 

Abstract

We present a description of a newly discovered species, Primula medogensis, found in southern Xizang, China. Additionally, we explore distinctive morphological characteristics that aid in its taxonomy. The new species belongs to sect. Cordifoliae and exhibits morphological similarities to P. baileyana and P. rotundifolia. However, it can be distinguished by its densely grayish-haired roots, petioles that are 3–7 times longer than the leaf blades, a short stock surrounded by straight and withered petioles, reniform leaf blades with revolute margins, scapes shorter than or equal to leave and both at flowering and in fruiting, flowers solitary on the scapes.