Primula recubariensis is described as a species new to science, illustrated and its distribution is mapped. P. recubariensis is similar to P. hirsuta, but differs by lilac-violet (not purple) corollas, few remains of withered leaves, a much stronger aromatic scent and features of the indumentum, viz by hairs with distinctly smaller glandules and, particularly, by a high percentage (at least 25%, usually more than 90 %) of four-celled besides three-celled hairs, the latter in contrast to P. hirsuta with a conspicuously slender subterminal cell (2–4 times longer than wide). P. recubariensis grows in shady dolomitic cliffs at 1400–2030 m, on the SE side of the Carega Massif (SE Prealps, in the border zone of the districts of Trento, Verona and Vicenza), particularly on two mountain chains above Recoaro named Il Fumante and Tre Croci. P. recubariensis hybridises with P. auricula subsp. ciliata and this hybrid is described as P. ×vallarsae, a nothospecies new to science, and illustrated.
References
E. Banfi
&
R. Ferlinghetti
1993:
Primula albenensis sp. nov., una nuova entità del sottogenere Auriculastrum nelle Prealpi Bergamasche (Alpi sudorientali, Lombardia). — Webbia 47: 203–212. Google Scholar
G. Barbieri
,
G. P. De Vecchi
,
V. De Zanche
,
E. Di Lallo
,
P. Frizzo
,
P. Mietto
&
R. Sedea
1980: Note illustrative della carta geologica dell'area di Recoaro alla scala 1: 20.000. Mem. Sci. Geol. 34: 23–52. Google Scholar
A. Becherer
1943: Zur Entdeckungsgeschichte und geographischen Verbreitung von Primula daonensis Leybold (P. oenensis Thomas). — Ber. Schweiz. Bot. Ges. 53: 202–209. Google Scholar
E. Bevilacqua
1957: Osservazioni suile tracce glaciali della regione del Monte Pasubio. — Riv. Geogr. Ital. 64: 224–256. Google Scholar
C. Brissoni
,
1997: Gli endemismi orobici. — Gruppo Flora Alpina Bergamasca, Notiziario Decennale 11/12: 68–77. Google Scholar
G. Buffa
,
S. Sandri
&
G. Sburlino
1995: Note sulla vegetazione delle Guglie del Fumante (Piccole Dolomiti). — Lavori Soc. Venetia Sci. Nat. 20: 125–131. Google Scholar
L. Curti
&
S. Scortegagna
1992: Segnalazioni e precisazioni floristiche per il Vicentino. — Boll. Mus. Civico Storia Nat. Verona 19: 297–326. Google Scholar
G. Curti
&
Scortegagna
1997: Florula delle alte valli dell'Agno e del Leogra (Prealpi vicentine). — Boll. Mus. Civico Storia Nat. Verona 21: 113–197. Google Scholar
K. W. von Dalla Torre
&
L. von Sarnthein
1900–13: Flora der Gefürsteten Grafschaft Tirol, des Landes Vorarlberg und des Fürstenthumes Liechtenstein 1–6. — Innsbruck. Google Scholar
H. Dübi-Cortivallo
1952–53: Appunti sulla flora insubrica. — Boll. Soc. Ticinese Sci. Nat. 47/48: 67–102. Google Scholar
F. Ehrendorfer
&
U. Hamann
1965: Vorschläge zu einer floristischen Kartierung von Mitteleuropa. — Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 78: 35–50. Google Scholar
F. Fenaroli
&
F. Martini
1993: La cartografia floristica del Bresciano. — Giorn. Bot. Ital. 127: 650. Google Scholar
F. Festi
,
1998: Spigolature botaniche dal carteggio di Francesco Ambrosi (1821–1897). — Atti Accad. Agiati Rovereto, Ser. 4(B), in press. Google Scholar
H. E. Heß
,
E. Landolt
&
R. Hirzel
1976–80: Flora der Schweiz, ed. 2, 1–3. — Basel & Stuttgart. Google Scholar
P. K. Holmgren
,
N. H. Holmgren
&
L. C. Barnett
1990: Index herbariorum I. The herbaria of the world. — Regnum Veg. 120. Google Scholar
P.K. Holmgren
,
N.H. Holmgren
&
L.C. Barett
1993, 1994: Additions to ‘Index Herbariorum (Herbaria), Edition 8′ — Second & third series. — Taxon 42: 489–505, 43: 305–328. Google Scholar
A. Kreß
,
1963: Zytotaxonomische Untersuchungen an den Primeln der Sektion Auricula Pax. — Österr. Bot. Z. 110: 53–102. Google Scholar
A. Kreß
1967: Nachträge zu Primulaceae.
— Pp. 2246b–2250b in:
G. Hegi
,
Illustrierte Flora von Mitteleuropa, ed. 2, 5(3). — Berlin & Hamburg. Google Scholar
A. Kreß
1973: Über Primula-villosa-pedemontana-Hybriden und ihre Stammsippen. — Ber. Bayer. Bot. Ges. 44: 187–200. Google Scholar
A. Kreß
1981: Primulaceen-Studien 2. Primula sectio Auricula subsectio Erythrodrosum: Neue Unterarten und Hybriden. — Grobenzell bei München. Google Scholar
W. Lüdi
1927: Primulaceae. — Pp. 1715–1877 in:
G. Hegi
,
Illustrierte Flora von Mitteleuropa, ed. 2, 5(3). — Berlin & Hamburg. Google Scholar
C. Marconi
1993: Cartografía floristica dell'Europa Centrale (C.F.C.E.) per la provincia di Bergamo. — Not. Florist. F.A.B. Bergamo 4: 5–10. Google Scholar
M. Raffaelli
&
L. Baldoin
1997: II complesso di Biscutella laevigata L. (Cruciferae) in Italia. — Webbia 52: 87–128. Google Scholar
W. W. Smith
&
H. R. Fletcher
1948: The genus Primula: Sections Cuneifolia, Floribundae, Parryi and Auricula.
— Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 61: 631–686. Google Scholar
R. Tomaselli
1955: Osservazioni sulla Primula tirolensis Schott. — Arch. Bot. Ital. 31: 162–177. Google Scholar
D. H. Valentine
&
A. Kreß
1972: Primula. — Pp. 15–20 in:
T. G. Tutin
,
V. H. Heywood
,
N. A. Burges
,
D. M. Moore
D. H. Valentine
,
S. M. Walters
&
D. A. Webb
(ed.).
Flora europaea 3. — Cambridge, etc. Google Scholar
K. S. Walter
&
H. J. Gillet
(ed.)
1998: 1997 IUCN Red List of threatened plants. — Gland & Cambridge. Google Scholar
F. J. Widder
1971: Umfang und Areal von Primula villosa. — Jahrb. Verein Schutze Alpenpfl. Alpentiere 36: 74–109. Google Scholar
E. Widmer
1891: Die europäischen Arten der Gattung Primula. — Oldenburg & München. Google Scholar
