Primulina moi sp. nov. (Gesneriaceae), a new species from limestone area in Northern Guangdong, China

18 November 2014

Wen, Fang; Zhou, Shou-biao; Hong, Xin; Wei, Yi-Gang; He, Le-Ping

A new species of Primulina, P. moi, from Guangdong, China, is described and illustrated. It is similar to P. lijiangensis in leaf shape, but can be distinguished by several characters, such as short petiole, leaf blade apex acute, base cuneate-attenuate, base of corolla tube constricted, lobes of adaxial lip ovate, abaxial lip 3-lobed from base, lobs elliptic or oblong elliptic, apex cuspidate, yellow corolla and filaments, two non-adhesive anthers, adnate only before full-blooming period and stamnoides 2.

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10.1111/njb.00725