Yuan Xu, Ritesh Kumar Choudhary, Gang Hao and Chi-Ming Hu

Primula subansirica G.D. Pal is not a Primula (Primulaceae), but rather belongs to Gesneriaceae

Nordic Journal of Botany 2020.4.11

ABSTRACT

Examination of type specimens has shown that Primula subansirica G.D. Pal is a Gesneriad and conspecific with Beccarinda cordifolia (Anthony) B.L. Burtt (Gesneriaceae), thus a reduction is made and a new synonymy is proposed.

Original article link:https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/njb.02612

Note: The specific epithet of previous Primula subansirica G.D. Pal,“subansirica”, based on the name of district of type locality. However, it is located in so-called & spurious “Arunachal”, where is being illegally occupied by India. Actually, it belongs to Medog County (Motuo County), Linzhi city, Autonomous Region, China, and has been China's territory since ancient times. China is the real master of the South Xizang.

Figure 1. Holotype sheet of Primula subansirica (G.D. Pal 78219, CAL barcode CAL0000017365).

Figure 2. Holotype sheet of Beccarinda cordifolia (G. Forrest 24549, E barcode E00096857, <https://data.rbge.org.uk/search/herbarium/?specimen_num=119340&cfg=zoom.cfg&filename=E00096857.zip>).

Figure 3. The original literature of Primula subansirica when it was published

(https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50395317#page/675/mode/1up)

Figure 4. The line drawing of Primula subansirica when it was published

(https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50395317#page/675/mode/1up)