Primula ovalifolia Franch.

Kovtonyuk, Nataliya & Durand-Andro, Véronique, 2019, Typification of Primula L. taxa names (Primulaceae), described by A. Franchet in 1886 from China and Eastern Tibet, Adansonia (3) 41 (9), pp. 75-89 : 82

Primula ovalifolia Franch.

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In Bulletin de la Société botanique de France 33: 67 (1886). — Hu & Kelso, Flora of China 15: 141 (1996). — Richards, Primula : 161 (2003). — In protologue: “[China] Thibet oriental, Moupine, dans les lieux frais des montagnes – Mars 1869 (Arm. David).” LECTOTYPE (HERE DESIGNATED). — China. Moupine, Thibet oriental, Primula , fl.violet, lieux frais élevés, III.1869, David s.n. (lecto-, P[P04567168]!; isolecto- K[K000750135]!; syn-, E[E00024332]!, MPU[MPU022020], P[P04567162, P04567164]!).

REMARK

We found a specimen with text as in protologue (P04567168), and some sheets without any date. All of them are syntypes. We choose the herbarium sheet with full information as lectotype.

Figures

FIG. 9. — Lectotype of Primula ovalifolia Franch. (P04567168).