Primulina dichroantha F. Wen, Y.G. Wei & S.B. Zhou (Gesneriaceae), a new species growing in karst caves in a limestone hill in Guangxi, China, is described and illustrated. It is morphologically similar to P. renifolia and P. mollifolia, but can be distinguished by a 10–30 mm long pedicel, 1.2–1.6 cm long corolla with a white adaxial lip and bluish-purple abaxial lip, three glabrous staminodes, sparsely glandular-puberulent style, and spherical stigma.
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1 May 2017
Primulina dichroantha (Gesneriaceae), a New Species from a Karst Cave from Guangxi, China
Hao-Tian Wu,
Shou-Biao Zhou,
Wen Ma,
Ou-Wen Wang,
Fang Wen
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Annales Botanici Fennici
Vol. 54 • No. 1–3
May 2017
Vol. 54 • No. 1–3
May 2017