Primulalizipingensis (Primulaceae), a new species from Sichuan, China

PhytoKeys. 2023 Dec 14:236:135-143. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.236.112169. eCollection 2023.

Abstract

A new species, Primulalizipingensis W.B.Ju, L.Y.He & X.F.Gao, found in Shimian County, Sichuan, China, is described and illustrated. It is morphologically similar to P.rhodochroa and P.socialis, but can be distinguished from them in having shorter plants covering with white farinose, leaf margin sharply dentate above the middle, the leaf blade becomes papery after drying, scapes obsolete, the bract linear-lanceolate to subulate, solitary at the base of the pedicel, and the white hairs present inside the corolla tube.

Keywords: Aleuritia; Hengduan Mountains; Primula sect; taxonomy.