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Issue: Vol. 333 No. 2: 9 January 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-01-09
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.333.2.15
Page range: 293–297
Abstract views: 34
PDF downloaded: 2

Primulina hengshanensis (Gesneriaceae), a new species from Danxia landform in Hunan, China

Dept of Botany, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, Hunan, China.
Dept of Botany, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, Hunan, China.
Hunan Province Department of Agriculture, Changsha 410005, Hunan, China
Hunan Loudi Middle School, Loudi 417000, Hunan, China
Dept of Botany, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, Hunan, China.
Dept of Botany, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, Hunan, China.
Dept of Botany, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, Hunan, China.
Dept of Botany, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, Hunan, China.
Dept of Botany, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, Hunan, China.
Dept of Botany, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, Hunan, China.
Dept of Botany, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, Hunan, China.
Dept of Botany, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, Hunan, China.
China Danxia landform Hunan Gesneriaceae Primulina Eudicots

Abstract

Primulina hengshanensis, a new species of Gesneriaceae from the Danxia formation in Hunan Province, China, is described and illustrated. The new species is similar to P. langshanica, but has numerous diagnostic features that are outlined. It conservation status is assessed as VU (vulnerable) following IUCN criteria.