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Issue: Vol. 714 No. 4: 14 Aug. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-08-14
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.714.4.4
Page range: 292-300
Abstract views: 489
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Primulina quanzhouensis, a new species of Gesneriaceae from Guangxi, China

Guilin Tourism University, CN-541006, Guilin, Guangxi, China
College of Tourism and Landscape Architecture, Guilin University of Technology, CN-541006, Guilin, Guangxi, China; Guangxi Key Laboratory of Plant Conservation and Restoration Ecology in Karst Terrain, Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Chinese Academy of Sciences, CN-541006, Guilin, Guangxi, China
Guangxi Key Laboratory of Plant Conservation and Restoration Ecology in Karst Terrain, Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Chinese Academy of Sciences, CN-541006, Guilin, Guangxi, China; Gesneriad Committee of China Wild Plant Conservation Association, National Gesneriaceae Germplasm Resources Bank of GXIB, The Gesneriad Conservation Center of China, Guilin Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CN-541006, Guilin, Guangxi, China
Guangxi Key Laboratory of Plant Conservation and Restoration Ecology in Karst Terrain, Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Chinese Academy of Sciences, CN-541006, Guilin, Guangxi, China; Gesneriad Committee of China Wild Plant Conservation Association, National Gesneriaceae Germplasm Resources Bank of GXIB, The Gesneriad Conservation Center of China, Guilin Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CN-541006, Guilin, Guangxi, China
Guangxi Key Laboratory of Plant Conservation and Restoration Ecology in Karst Terrain, Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Chinese Academy of Sciences, CN-541006, Guilin, Guangxi, China; Gesneriad Committee of China Wild Plant Conservation Association, National Gesneriaceae Germplasm Resources Bank of GXIB, The Gesneriad Conservation Center of China, Guilin Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CN-541006, Guilin, Guangxi, China
limestone flora new taxon Primulina yungfuensis taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

A new species of Primulina, P. quanzhouensis, is illustrated and described from Quanzhou County, Guangxi Zhuangzu Autonomous Region, China. Morphologically, it is similar to P. yungfuensis, but it exhibits significant differences in having leaves nearly rounded to slightly oblate, cymes unbranched or 1-branched, usually 2-flowered or sometimes more and bracts elliptic. According to IUCN category and criteria, it is accessed to be Critically Endangered [CR B2ab(V)].

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How to Cite

Zou, L.-L., Wei, J., Fu, J.-X., Pan, B. & Wen, F. (2025) Primulina quanzhouensis, a new species of Gesneriaceae from Guangxi, China. Phytotaxa 714 (4): 292–300. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.714.4.4