Primula membranifolia 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 membranifolia Franch.

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In Bulletin de la Société botanique de France 33: 68 (1886). — Hu & Kelso, Flora of China 15: 169 (1996). — Richards , Primula : 262 (2003). — In protologue: “[ China] Yun-nan, sur le mont Tsang-chan, au-dessus de Tali. – 4 juin 1883. (Delavay, no. 263).”

SYNTYPES. — China. Yunnan, Tsang-Chan près Tali, Delavay 263 (syn- BM[BM000996911], K[K000750068], LE[LE 01032006], NY[NY00329546]; rochers de Tsang Chan près de Ta-li-fou, Delavay 263 (syn-, E[E00024149]!, P[P01029609]).

LECTOTYPE (HERE DESIGNATED). — China, Primula, Mont Tsang-chan, au-dessus de Tali (Yunnan). 4.VI.1883, Delavay 263 (lecto-, P[P04544200]!; isolecto-, G[G00440574]!, K[K000750070], MPU[MPU022026, MPU022027], P[P04544198, P04544201]!, LE[LE01032005]!).

REMARK

We found some herbarium sheets of Primula membranifolia with no. 263, the label text and date almost as in protologue in different herbarium collections, all of them are syntypes. We suggest to choose as lectotype a specimen with handwritten label.

Figures

FIG. 6. — Lectotype of Primula membranifolia Franch. (P04544200).