Primulina guangxiensis sp. nov. (Gesneriaceae) from a karst cave in Guangxi, China

Author

Yan Liu
Wei‐Bin Xu
Yu‐Song Huang

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Publication Date

January 2012

Abstract

Primulina guangxiensis Yan Liu & W. B. Xu, a new species of Gesneriaceae from Guangxi, China, is described and illustrated. The new species is related to Primulina tabacum Hance, but differs in the leaf blade being obliquely ovate to obliquely oblong‐ovate, 2.5–6.0×1.3–4.3 cm, eith margin entire to repand and base inequilateral, petiole slimly terete, 1.5–6.0 cm long, ca 2–3 mm across, cymes 1–2‐branched, 1–5‐flowered and corolla tube hypocrateriform, 20–25 mm long, 2 mm across. The new species is rare, currently known only from one site in a karst cave in western Guangxi.

Keywords

Primulina Guangxiensis, Karst Cave, China

Document Type

Article

Notes

Nordic Journal of Botany, Vol. 29, no. 6 (2012-01-18).

Identifier

SFS0046428_00001

Recommended Citation

Liu, Yan; Xu, Wei‐Bin; and Huang, Yu‐Song, "Primulina guangxiensis sp. nov. (Gesneriaceae) from a karst cave in Guangxi, China" (2012). KIP Articles. 4216.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/kip_articles/4216