PRIMULINA HSIWENII (GESNERIACEAE), A NEW SPECIES FROM SOUTHEASTERN YUNNAN, CHINA

Lei Cai; Ji-Dong Ya; Ting Zhang

doi:10.24823/ejb.2024.1912

PRIMULINA HSIWENII (GESNERIACEAE), A NEW SPECIES FROM SOUTHEASTERN YUNNAN, CHINA

Authors

L. Cai Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9251-2745
J. D. Ya Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
T. Zhang Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0939-8468

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24823/ejb.2024.1912

Keywords:

Flora of China, Karst regions, New species, Primulina

Abstract

A new species of Gesneriaceae, Primulina hsiwenii Lei Cai, Ting Zhang & J.D.Ya, from the karst regions in southeastern Yunnan, China, is described and illustrated. Its morphological relationship with a similar species is discussed, and a detailed description, colour photographs, distribution and habitat information and an IUCN conservation assessment are provided.