<i>Primulinananlingensis</i> (Gesneriaceae), a new species from the Limestone Karst of Guangdong, China.

ABSTRACT: Primulinananlingensis, a new species of Gesneriaceae from the Karst of Guangdong, China, is described and illustrated. This species is morphologically similar to P.versicolor, but can be distinguished by its larger crenate-margined leaves, fewer flowers per cyme and overall cyme number, ovate-lanceolate bracts with shallow serrations, calyx lobes with 1-3 teeth per side, stamens densely glandular at base and tip and pistil densely glandular-puberulent. It also resembles P.pengii, but has significant differences in its longer corolla, pale yellow corolla colour and ovate-lanceolate bracts. Phylogenetic analyses with ITS and trnL-F sequences revealed that P.nanlingensis is sister to P.versicolor and P.pengii, but isolated from its morphologica

SUBMITTER: Luo JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11966145 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature