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Issue: Vol. 269 No. 1: 29 July 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-07-29
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.269.1.5
Page range: 41–46
Abstract views: 29
PDF downloaded: 2

Primulina linearicalyx (Gesneriaceae), a new species from Guangxi, China

Guangxi Key Laboratory of Plant Conservation and Restoration Ecology in Karst Terrain, Guilin Botanical Garden, Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guilin 541006, China Gesneriad Conservation Center of China (GCCC), Guangxi Institute of Botany, No. 85, Yanshan Town, Guilin 541006, China
Guangxi Agricultural Vocational and Technical College, Xixiangtang District, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
Guangxi Key Laboratory of Plant Conservation and Restoration Ecology in Karst Terrain, Guilin Botanical Garden, Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guilin 541006, China
Panyu Central Hospital, No. 8, Fuyu East Rd., Shiqiao, Panyu, Guangzhou 511400, China
Guangxi Key Laboratory of Plant Conservation and Restoration Ecology in Karst Terrain, Guilin Botanical Garden, Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guilin 541006, China Gesneriad Conservation Center of China (GCCC), Guangxi Institute of Botany, No. 85, Yanshan Town, Guilin 541006, China
chromosome number endemism flora of Guangxi new taxon taxonomy Eudicots China

Abstract

Primulina linearicalyx from Wuming County, Guangxi, is illustrated and described here. It is morphologically close to P. linearifolia, P. pseudolinearifolia and P. longgangensis, but it can be easily distinguished by the exceptionally long and linear-lanceolate to linear calyx lobes. The chromosome number for this species, being reported the first time, was determined to be 2n=36. The conservation status of the new species was assessed as “Critically Endangered” (CR) based on IUCN criteria.