No.9  DA-SONG ZHOU, JIAN-JUN ZHOU, MING LI & XUN-LIN YU

Primulinasuichuanensissp.nov.(Gesneriaceae)fromDanxia land from in Jiangxi,China

Nordic Journal of Botany 34:148 ‒151.

ABSTRACT

Primulina X. L. Yu & J. J. Zhou, a new species of Gesneriaceae from Jiangxi, China, is described and illustrated.Morphologically,thenewspeciesismostsimilartoP.roseoalba,butdiffersbyentireleafblademargin,narrowly ovate bracts, reddish–purple or bluish–purple corolla, 3.0–3.4 cm long corolla tube, white filaments, and 3.6 cm long pistil. It flowers from September to November.(Cited from Zhou et al., 2016).

Figure 1. Primulina suichuanensis sp. nov. (A) habit, (B) bracts, (C) stamens, (D) opened corolla showing stamens and staminodes, (E) stigma, (F) pistil, disc and pedicel, (G) calyx. Drawn by Bing-Mou Wang, from J. J. Zhou 13100901(Cited from Zhou et al., 2016).

Figure 2. Primulina suichuanensis sp. nov. (A) habitat, (B) flowering plant in the wild, (C) flowering plant in greenhouse, (D) lateral view of flower, (E) front view of flower, (F) opened corolla showing stamens and staminodes, (G) pistil, calyx and pedicel, (H) capsule and seed. Photographed by Jian-Jun Zhou and Ming Li (Cited from Zhou et al., 2016).