No.14Yu-Zhen Ge, Zi-Bing Xin, Long-Fei Fu, Wei-Chuen Chou,Yi Huang, Zhang-Jie Huang, Stephen Maciejewski & Fang Wen

Primulina hochiensis var. ochroleuca (Gesneriaceae), anew variety from a limestone area of Guangxi, China,and errata on five new species of Primulina

PhytoKey152: 111-120 (2020)

ABSTRACT

Primulina hochiensis var. ochroleuca, a new variety from a limestone hill of karst areas, Guangxi, China isdescribed with color photographs. It resembles P. hochiensis var. hochiensis, P. hochiensis var. ovata and P.hochiensis var. rosulata, but can be easily distinguished by a combination of characteristics, especially byits corolla color. We found only one population with approx. 3000 mature individuals at the type locality.This variety is provisionally assessed as vulnerable [VU C1] using IUCN criteria.

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Original article link:https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.152.50968

Figure 1. Primulina hochiensis var. ochroleuca A habitat B habit C frontal view of corolla D lateral viewof corolla E top view of corolla F opened corolla with stamens and staminodes G pistil H calyx lobesI cyme with flowers (Photographed by Fang Wen).

Figure 2. Comparison of frontal view of corolla between Primulina hochiensis var. ochroleuca and themost closely related taxa A P. hochiensis var. ochroleuca B P. hochiensis var. hochiensis C P. hochiensis var. ovata D P. hochiensis var. rosulata (A, B, D Photographed by Fang Wen; C Photographed by Li-Hua Yang).

Figure 3. Geographical distribution of the Primulina hochiensis var. ochroleuca and the most closelyrelated taxa.