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Issue: Vol. 441 No. 2: 4 May 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-05-04
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.441.2.4
Page range: 176–182
Abstract views: 33
PDF downloaded: 3

Primula qiupuensis, a new species in Primulaceae from China

College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241000, China
College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241000, China
National Wetland Park of Qiupu River Source, Shitai, Anhui 245100, China
National Wetland Park of Qiupu River Source, Shitai, Anhui 245100, China
Nature Protection Station of Guichi District Forestry Bureau, Chizhou, Anhui 247100, China
College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241000, China The Key Laboratory of Conservation and Employment of Biological Resources of Anhui, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241000, China
Primula merrilliana Primula ranunculoides Primula cicutariifolia Primula jiugongshanensis taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

Primula qiupuensis J.W.Shao, a new species in sect. Ranunculoides from eastern China, is described and illustrated. It can be distinguished from relative species within the section by corolla lobe apex rounded and pollen grains suboblate and stephanocolpate. Primula qiupuensis is endemic to the hilly and mountainous areas of Qiupu River Basin in Anhui Province.