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Primulina

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Primulina
A Primulina hybrid, Primulina linearifolia × Primulina sinensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Subfamily: Didymocarpoideae
Genus: Primulina
Hance (1883)
Species[1]

232; see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Chiritopsis W.T.Wang (1981)
  • Deltocheilos W.T.Wang (1981)
  • Wentsaiboea D.Fang & D.H.Qin (2004)

Primulina is a genus of flowering plants in the African violet family Gesneriaceae. It includes 232 species native to southern and north-central China and northern Vietnam.[1] The species are mostly calciphilous, and typically grow in the extensive limestone karst regions of China and Vietnam.[2]

In 2011 the genus was expanded with the transfer of many species that had previously been placed in the genus Chirita.[3] In 2016 five species were moved to the genus Deinostigma,[4] which was merged into Metapetrocosmea in 2022.[5] A phylogenetic study published in 2023 concluded that the southernmost three species of Primulina, endemic to the Langbiang Plateau in southern Vietnam, constitute a separate genus which was named Langbiangia.[2]

Species

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232 species are accepted.[1][4][6]

Formerly placed here

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Primulina Hance. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b Luu HT, Hsieh C-L, Chuang C-R, Chen C- W, Tran NT, Vu NL, et al. (2023) Langbiangia, a new genus of Gesneriaceae endemic to Langbiang Plateau, southern Vietnam and a taxonomic endeavor to achieve key targets of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. PLoS ONE 18(5): e0284650. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0284650
  3. ^ Weber, A.; Middleton, D.J.; Forrest, A.; Kiew, R.; Lim, C.L.; Rafidah, A.R.; Sontag, S.; Triboun, P.; Wei, Y.-G.; Yao, T.L.; Möller, M. (2011). "Molecular systematics and remodelling of Chirita and associated genera (Gesneriaceae)". Taxon. 60 (3): 767–790. doi:10.1002/tax.603012.
  4. ^ a b M. Möller; K. Nishii; H.J. Atkins; H.H. Kong; M. Kang; Y.G. Wei; F. Wen; X. Hong; D.J. Middleton (2016), "An expansion of the genus Deinostigma (Gesneriaceae)" (PDF), Gardens' Bulletin Singapore, 68 (1): 145–172, doi:10.3850/S2382581216000119
  5. ^ Metapetrocosmea W.T.Wang. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  6. ^ Tong, Yi-Hua; Wang, Bing-Mou; Vu, Tien Chinh; Xia, Nian-He (2020). "Primulina elegans (Gesneriaceae), a new species from North Vietnam". Nordic Journal of Botany. 38 (11). doi:10.1111/njb.02942. ISSN 1756-1051. S2CID 229482376.
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