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Published: 2016-01-19
Page range: 283–288
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Primulina cordistigma, a new species of Gesneriaceae from Guangdong, China and supplementary and emendated description of floral morphology of P. yangchunensis

Guangxi Agricultural Vocational and Technical College, Xixiangtang District, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
Panyu Central Hospital, No. 8, Fuyu East Rd., Shiqiao, Panyu, CN-511400, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Gesneriad Conservation Center of China (GCCC), Guangxi Key Laboratory of Plant Conservation and Restoration Ecology in Karst Terrain, Guilin Botanical Garden, Guangxi Institute of Botany, Yanshan, Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, CN-541006, China
China IUCN limestone flora new species Primulina cordistigma P. yangchunensis Supplementary description Eudicots

Abstract

Primulina cordistigma, a new species from Guangdong, China, is illustrated and described. This new species is similar to P. yangchunensis, from which it is distinguished by the leaf blades broadly ovate, 4–5 × 2–3.5 cm, base broadly cuneate to cordate, and margins entire or rarely undulate; the inflorescence a cyme 1–5-flowered; the bracts lanceolate, 3–4 × 0.5–1.0 mm; the corolla tube 0.9–1 cm long; staminodes 3; and the stigma cordate with elliptic lobes covered by shortly puberulent hairs. A conservation category of “Endangered” (EN) according to IUCN Red List Category and Criteria is proposed. Based on plenty of specimens with flowers and field works, the floral morphology of P. yangchunensis, which is the congener of P. cordistigma, is supplemented and emendated here.