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[Botany • 2020] Primulina yulinensis (Gesneriaceae) • A New Species from Guangxi, China
Abstract Primulina yulinensis sp. nov. (Gesneriaceae), a new species from the limestone area in Guangxi, China is here described and illustrated. P. yulinensis is similar to P. hezhouensis (W. H. Wu & W. B. Xu) W. B. Xu & K. F. Chung, but it differs from the latter by its smaller and margin lobed leaves, long pedicel, larger flower and 2-lipped limb. Keyword: China, Chiritopsis, Gesneriaceae, new species, Primulina yulinensis
Primulina yulinensis Ying Qin & Yan Liu, sp. nov. Primulina yulinensis is similar to P. hezhouensis (W. H. Wu & W. B. Xu) W. B. Xu & K. F. Chung, but it differs from the latter by its leaves 3.3–7 × 2.8–7.7 cm, margin lobed (vs. 7–13 × 6–12 cm, margin deeply lobed), pedicel 0.5–2 cm long (vs. 1–3 mm long), corolla ca. 1 cm long, corolla tube ca. 6.4 mm long, ca. 4.8 mm in diameter (corolla 3–5 mm long, corolla tube 3–4 mm long, ca. 2.5 mm in diameter), limb 2-lipped (vs. indistinctly 2-lipped). Etymology: The specific epithet is derived from Yulin city, Guangxi, China. Ying Qin, Xiao-Xia Ye, Wei-Bin Xu and Yan Liu. 2020. Primulina yulinensis, A New Species of Gesneriaceae from Guangxi, China. Taiwania. 65(1); 5-9. DOI: 10.6165/tai.2020.65.5 |
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