Primulina petrocosmeioides (Gesneriaceae), a new species from Guangxi, China
8 April 2014
Wen, Fang; Pan, BoPrimulina petrocosmeioides Bo Pan & Fang Wen sp. nov. (Gesneriaceae) from Guangxi, China, is described and illustrated. This new species is similar to P. weii Mich. Möller & A. Weber, but differs from it in leaf blade ovate to elliptical, 1 × 0.8 to 2.5 × 2 cm, base broadly cuneate, cymes 5–16, 2–6-flowered, bracts narrowly lanceolate; calyx lobes lanceolate, 4–6.5 mm long, corolla bluish purple, 1.2–1.5 cm long, outside pubescent, inside glabrous, filaments purple, pubescent, staminodes 3, stigma trapezoid, apex lobed to the middle, with dense shortpapillae.
Doi
10.1111/njb.00506