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<paragraph id="6F647D475F0DEDFC8D8A1F1D820BB17C" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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The new species is easily recognised by the following combination of characters: the scape densely yellow farinose, leaf apex acute, rarely broadly obtuse, corolla pale purplish blue and the style 3.0-6.0 mm above base of corolla tube, and stamens reaching the corolla tube mouth in thrum flower (Figs 
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calyx 
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thrum flower 
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pin flower. (Photos 
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habitat 
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habit 
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A perennial herb, 1.0-4.0 cm tall. 
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dark red, 2.0-6.0 cm long developing onwards leafless flagellate, each with a tiny rosette at the end, and clothed the base by the withered remains of the old leaves. 
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numerous, fibrous, without hairs, 3.0-12.0 cm long. 
<emphasis id="6610139223E33A40758DF33FB70E0771" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">Leaves</emphasis>
in a loose to tight rosette, 1.0-2.0 cm in diameter, leaf rosette less than or equal to corolla; leaf blade ovate to ovate-elliptic, 5.0-8.0 
<normalizedToken id="8DDFE32C08E0EC12F5EE3246D99BAFAF" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
3.0-6.0 mm, margin dentate generally in the upper half only, apex acute, rarely broadly obtuse, tapering to base forming a winged petiole, petioles usually shorter than leaf blade and sparingly farinose, densely yellow farinose abaxially, midvein prominent, sparingly yellow farinose adaxially, veins inconspicuous. 
<emphasis id="18B2008885D8F390FDDE1EE7BC890462" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">Scape</emphasis>
solitary, 0.2-1.5 cm tall, erect, densely yellow farinose, usually with a single flower. 
<emphasis id="20BC0A7A7A84D812A3771F4BB0234D70" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">Bracts</emphasis>
solitary, 1.0-2.0 mm long, lanceolate, not swollen at base. 
<emphasis id="8556D726FC70C0386BBEEF21261684DE" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">Pedicel</emphasis>
slightly bent, densely yellow farinose. 
<emphasis id="C2AABAB21B3BB065AD2D660854B73A65" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">Flowers</emphasis>
heterostylous. 
<emphasis id="B1D5ADA77B1A90BE3476A8B26D6B57D3" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">Calyx</emphasis>
narrowly campanulate, prominent 5-veined, 3-9 mm long, densely yellow farinose, parted to 2/3 of its length or slightly below, lobes linear lanceolate to lanceolate, apex acute. 
<emphasis id="8C6EF8F2EC05B49D2A6E2B495489338B" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">Corolla</emphasis>
pale purplish blue, lacking the appendage on the corolla tube, 5 lobes spreading, obovate, 4.0-8.0 mm long, densely yellow farinose abaxially, efarinose and glabrous adaxially, deeply emarginate. 
<emphasis id="189620E56D9F62A197D35F1D5D3389F2" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">Pin flower</emphasis>
: corolla tubes 5.0-10.0 mm long in length, 2-3 mm in diameter, longer than calyx, stamens 2.0-5.0 mm above base of corolla tube, style nearly as long as tube. 
<emphasis id="4AABD83F34CDCE71A3E66495EE27DEB2" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">Thrum flower</emphasis>
: corolla tubes 7.0-13.0 mm long in length, 
<emphasis id="E984043A87FE3511EAD75A62347D06F1" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">c.</emphasis>
3 mm in diam, longer than calyx, style 3.0-6.0 mm above base of corolla tube, stamens reaching the corolla tube mouth (Figs 
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- 
<figureCitation id="02481A9887340CEC890722F9495CDD5F" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Holotype image of Primula xilingensis K. Huang &amp; Z. X. Fu, sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.234.108411.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/922992" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">3</figureCitation>
). 
<emphasis id="BE8B60379633A6B284FC4189179B052A" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">Capsule</emphasis>
unknown.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="3E5D3CD5E9014D7FEF5F94DA8F5DDDBE" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">
<emphasis id="02AAADDC730425E30D2D41948987BEE3" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">Figure 3.</emphasis>
Holotype image of 
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<emphasis id="12A60158EFF472EA1524A4CE4E4C1252" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">Primula xilingensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
K.Huang &amp; Z.X.Fu, sp. nov.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="F3E8E22C101BEFC8ACBE94429627B4EE" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" type="phenology">
<paragraph id="643B18D5FA35B3CAF9353C1E8CCE59EC" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">Phenology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="AB386359A9CF97DC9564EE2E338C7343" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">Flowers collected in May and June.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="39AF205A1EE40E712D0B350D7AFD8441" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="27E848957AD10021FE5822CD1302B725" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="048C4A039271FF82F10452D6438B00EE" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">
The epithet &quot; 
<emphasis id="82B511FA1DFD0946BFF821821014C72E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">xilingensis</emphasis>
&quot; is derived from Xiling Snow Mountain, the snow mountain located in Dayi City, Sichuan Province, China.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="10474FDE936BBEA55865CC4E755293F6" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8B23BE6DC7640645525DF5A853A00646" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">Distribution and habitat.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E0E34DCC2812863B104A97B78430D79C" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">
<taxonomicName id="F739CC1E591DEBFC1074DB618B9DC8AA" class="Dicotyledones" family="Primulaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="P. xilingensis" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="xilingensis">
<emphasis id="62145CCFC45477CAA3E4C9ABAA148197" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">P. xilingensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is currently known only from its type locality in Yingyangjie, Xiling Snow Mountain, Xiling Town, Dayi City, Sichuan Province, China (Map 
<figureCitation id="D89E965DC4537B95DC23A30D6368FC14" captionStart="Map 1" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Map 1. Location of the population of Primula xilingensis in Dayi County, Sichuan (red star)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.234.108411.map1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/922993" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">1</figureCitation>
). It grows on moist rock surfaces amidst moss under the forest, at elevations of approximately 3200 m (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="FAD7E48509743034582DB22C5BCF7B61" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Primula xilingensis sp. nov. A, B habitat C plants of thrum flower D habit E plants of pin flower F stolons. (Photos A, B by ZF, C, D by KH, and E, F by MZ)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.234.108411.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/922991" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">2</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption id="A58927FD9E217A405A8B0EA7F539137A" doi="10.3897/phytokeys.234.108411.map1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/922993" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" start="Map 1" startId="F4">
<paragraph id="7A70867FA4537D6DBD520C8E427C9142" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">
<emphasis id="6F78F107D1B9893C6F6F264FAC0BE5E2" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">Map 1.</emphasis>
Location of the population of 
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<emphasis id="B9E2F76D40E41DD699BF18B7A9DA0533" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">Primula xilingensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in Dayi County, Sichuan (red star).
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C7098F115DE1937865B00939C561C4B0" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="BF9E0F852C38F0D8B4F22BA421E1712E" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">Additional specimens examined</paragraph>
<paragraph id="04ADC90D7519B5E91EC5675BA885FE71" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">
<emphasis id="A25047A32CA4495A84DA764CFD57BC67" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">
(
<typeStatus id="83F63F01FBCC4F2E8B1D9E059A486234">paratypes</typeStatus>
).
</emphasis>
<materialsCitation id="AED02FDF1DBE8AB68DD7DB56FA2EBA7C" collectingDate="2022-05-21" collectingDateMax="2023-06-07" collectingDateMin="2022-05-21" collectorName="Zhixi Fu, K. Huang" country="CHINA" latitude="30.69995" location="Xiling Snow Mountain" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="103.16323" municipality="Dayi City" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Sichuan">
<collectingCountry id="3E382D29E61AD557039BE4A974FA112F" name="China">CHINA</collectingCountry>
. 
<collectingRegion id="9481F9B808952AA43E9FE8A367E12520" country="China" name="Sichuan">Sichuan</collectingRegion>
: 
<collectingMunicipality id="2D8278E1F027E1A61B776AB09A249D0B">Dayi City</collectingMunicipality>
, 
<location id="6DBF6161683B00C03809DEC95356AF70" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BB7C373A27715C9B9521023C0449D77C:6DBF6161683B00C03809DEC95356AF70" country="CHINA" latitude="30.69995" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="103.16323" municipality="Dayi City" name="Xiling Snow Mountain" stateProvince="Sichuan">Xiling Snow Mountain</location>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="3994A7A79E894B9AB20BCC20FFF12E3C" degrees="30" direction="north" minutes="41" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="59.82" value="30.69995">30°41′59.82″N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="64AF2E970669EDE47148ECB37B7CF042" degrees="103" direction="east" minutes="9" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="47.63" value="103.16323">103°9′47.63″E</geoCoordinate>
, 
<collectingDate id="75E5016550623DD1FC2D355E22867B4B" value="2022-05-21">21 May 2022</collectingDate>
(fl.), 
<emphasis id="C7FA73540F7E7793B441BBDCE881086A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">
<collectorName id="FB750ED536030C842638258674F2DF59">Zhixi Fu</collectorName>
6052
</emphasis>
(SCNU!); ibid., 
<collectingDate id="6A74B47318F8A59F071058C06188EEFE" value="2023-06-07">7 June 2023</collectingDate>
(fl.), 
<emphasis id="0BA353A874DF5522251A8174462E66BF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">
<collectorName id="A196C2CCCC4E474897B8703A3EBEB0BF">K. Huang</collectorName>
&amp; 
<collectorName id="C910155EB1F8B0C9B127ADAAEDD0BC8D">Zhixi Fu</collectorName>
7532 &amp; 7533
</emphasis>
(SCNU!)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="60EA0AE14DF21CF304C397057357ED00" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" type="conservation status">
<paragraph id="85D9258EA1A2FFE2AC075F6A0ABF898C" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">Conservation status.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="61A78AFE192B78736EC9037B22EF04CC" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">
Data Deficient (DD). Currently, only one population with more than 100 individuals has been found in the type locality. The population of 
<taxonomicName id="667EB43424CE73B0E002C242492937F2" class="Dicotyledones" family="Primulaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="P. xilingensis" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="xilingensis">
<emphasis id="E15FC64794213822A7E709E664D369F1" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">P. xilingensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
grows on moist rock surfaces amidst moss, and the Xiling Snow Mountain has corresponding protective measures for the environment and plants. Whilst currently only known from Xiling Snow Mountain, it is very possible that the taxon is found in other localities and, without a more comprehensive collecting programme, and known only from two collections, it would be best to assess the conservation status of the species as Data Deficient (DD) following the IUCN Red List criteria (
<bibRefCitation id="D918CC1DCF78A044CCF86E558F3E2C0E" author="Hu, CM" journalOrPublisher="15). Science Press, Beijing &amp; Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" refId="B4" refString="IUCN (2022) Guidelines for Using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria. Version 15. Prepared by the Standards and Petitions Committee." year="1996">IUCN 2022</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="F0E17BB1D3019F2C1BC3FD475DA59BAE" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" type="relationship with related species">
<paragraph id="CE43125BBF00ADEE36DB600B4CB65F50" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">Relationship with related species.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="37E5DD05934A88C189DE1CC176029299" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">
Critical examination of collected specimens, comparison with type material of allied taxa, and relevant taxonomic literature revealed that 
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<emphasis id="1E7906DBD20F80F868428246E443F42B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">P. xilingensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a new member of the 
<taxonomicName id="0295712C4C275486DE7E56B30BEB4B4E" class="Dicotyledones" family="Primulaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="P. subsp. sect." order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="section" section="Minutissimae">P. sect. Minutissimae</taxonomicName>
. Morphologically, 
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<emphasis id="4DE4E21C56A879D25CC5429E099B3452" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">P. xilingensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
shares certain similarities with 
<taxonomicName id="E245BE816E6E150A1BF3F41CB1138E9A" class="Dicotyledones" family="Primulaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="P. dujiangyanensis" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="dujiangyanensis">
<emphasis id="1740319363A29B19E5269C9F6B43FCC8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">P. dujiangyanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. However, 
<taxonomicName id="2C897756B8BA60C7D859CC28AF59DFFF" class="Dicotyledones" family="Primulaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="P. xilingensis" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="xilingensis">
<emphasis id="9FD77DC13BE09DB9B044A57B558326DB" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">P. xilingensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from 
<taxonomicName id="560613BAC41EC54020E5AA2682A86FBC" class="Dicotyledones" family="Primulaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="P. dujiangyanensis" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="dujiangyanensis">
<emphasis id="B42E1193896D9AED63EC23B2ECD9EC2E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">P. dujiangyanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having the style nearly as long as tube in pin flowers (vs. the style slightly exceeding the corolla tube mouth in pin flowers), stamens reaching the corolla tube mouth in thrum flowers (vs. stamens inserted on the apex of the corolla tube, scarcely exceeding 1 mm in thrum flowers), lacking an appendage on the corolla tube (vs. a yellow appendage present on the corolla tube), having numerous roots without hairs (vs. few roots with dense white hairs), corolla pale purplish blue (vs. corolla pinkish purple), leaf apex acute (vs. leaf apex broadly obtuse to sub-rounded) and distributed at about 3200 m elevation (vs. 1550-1650 m). To some extent, it also resembles 
<taxonomicName id="1DD4288BECC60040579445DDA6D01321" class="Dicotyledones" family="Primulaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="P. tenella" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="tenella">
<emphasis id="12146C256F1D61939EB230139BC7D9BF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">P. tenella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a perennial herb with stolons, farinose leaves, margin dentate generally on the upper half only, but differs from 
<taxonomicName id="49D8198EDE5D1B0EF42FA9021B28FBDC" class="Dicotyledones" family="Primulaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="P. tenella" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="tenella">
<emphasis id="53A1E932AD1B00ED588BB34EB60104CE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">P. tenella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in leaf blade (ovate to ovate-elliptic vs. rhomboid to ovate-spatulate), leaf size (5.0-8.0 
<normalizedToken id="0BDA0187467F98E7718B4F366B69C632" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
3.0-6.0 mm vs. 6.0-15.0 
<normalizedToken id="302FAE5358716DBCE37EB8E49BAB64DF" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
5.0-8.0 mm), leaf farinose (yellow vs. white) and altitude (at an altitude of approximately 3200 m vs. 4700-5000 m). The species of 
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<emphasis id="DF2C8A89D270DC6398641484F89458B8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">P. xilingensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is similar to 
<taxonomicName id="6C798CD81A3CF3AD79786FF424BA5BB3" class="Dicotyledones" family="Primulaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="P. pengzhouensis" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="pengzhouensis">
<emphasis id="5C49627BFB8FC845FEC198DB67137DDE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">P. pengzhouensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but can be easily distinguished from the former by its stolons (present with 2-6 cm long vs. absent), scape visibility (vs. almost obsolete) and altitude (
<emphasis id="2DBD1F519DDCAF8DA551F41105BED983" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">c.</emphasis>
3200 m vs. 
<emphasis id="28EF19608972E48D0D6EBB2C31E5CA39" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">c.</emphasis>
1170 m). Further morphological comparisons among the species of 
<taxonomicName id="EA240E32A5F79698FAB28AE1F61D72BE" class="Dicotyledones" family="Primulaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="P. xilingensis" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="xilingensis">
<emphasis id="005D8041340CE25A0059FBDA57224F3D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">P. xilingensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="D6D1989ECDE86F29AC782FE1E115135F" class="Dicotyledones" family="Primulaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="P. dujiangyanensis" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="dujiangyanensis">
<emphasis id="06A6813F01C724099DB4401661C7A177" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">P. dujiangyanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="6CE88FF01C8C86D000FBBC0A14070837" class="Dicotyledones" family="Primulaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="P. pengzhouensis" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="pengzhouensis">
<emphasis id="B858CB8D53DD6335918696C0A7937A13" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">P. pengzhouensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="FC5B973D1877D09D0B35B984DA4373CA" class="Dicotyledones" family="Primulaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="P. tenella" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="tenella">
<emphasis id="AF34C8E42C930871C8AC7F92D6E30677" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">P. tenella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are shown in Table 
<tableCitation id="EAF432D3A3F124441B4959CC3B5FEDC7" captionStart="Table 1" captionStartId="T1" captionText="Table 1. Morphological characters comparison between P. xilingensis and closely related species of P. dujiangyanensis, P. pengzhouensis and P. tenella." pageId="0" pageNumber="135">1</tableCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<caption id="0AF666331A4D38F616A87D08A0ADC727" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" start="Table 1" startId="T1">
<paragraph id="C8FE23969286B58CBF34C1EBFF13D758" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">
<emphasis id="817349C2BC1D0478AFD02B5E362E42E2" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">Table 1.</emphasis>
Morphological characters comparison between 
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<emphasis id="96C9C3B2AAC57669AFDBF24867A34A44" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">P. xilingensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and closely related species of 
<taxonomicName id="31D6E9C9C2BABC6219252E1B8C0BF3E5" class="Dicotyledones" family="Primulaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="P. dujiangyanensis" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="dujiangyanensis">
<emphasis id="13CD48961AB43E13F358828EFBECFBB4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">P. dujiangyanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="229C3370DBA8646CE4B0D84357F886CC" class="Dicotyledones" family="Primulaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="P. pengzhouensis" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="pengzhouensis">
<emphasis id="C88694409341532FA646A0E109BED2BE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">P. pengzhouensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="E827E1268DE31BE286EAEBB6E4D629BE" class="Dicotyledones" family="Primulaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="P. tenella" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="tenella">
<emphasis id="355BD310A3D508A17ED8A1539493154D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">P. tenella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="CE0CBFF7C2CD578FE004E7D9AF80DBF5" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">
<table id="5E8FCBD36C1137F6D67A8A239B9B6230" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">
<tr id="8A7DD19585F12C3C49AEDA9EE5C91F24" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">
<th id="18323A6C9180D39925A0AB5CB7E2C852" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">Features</th>
<th id="212CDC8953E3BBD3303B599635B6411C" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="71176BBCF69189417DC68B907D802A5A" class="Dicotyledones" family="Primulaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="P. xilingensis" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="xilingensis">
<emphasis id="8891D4630E1A83AEBE7F25239DA638E4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">P. xilingensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="4810BEFCB3B468C118DD7EDC338181BD" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="CA45370B4DA1DE9385784D26A4D9FB19" class="Dicotyledones" family="Primulaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="P. dujiangyanensis" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="dujiangyanensis">
<emphasis id="E2AD2294B77574DF848A666BEE2636D0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">P. dujiangyanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="A0CBF6BE1F91E935DE7E9B44078BF62E" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="42686A02DC6D8FEAE413DE0015BAC4F5" class="Dicotyledones" family="Primulaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="P. pengzhouensis" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="pengzhouensis">
<emphasis id="6ED9C232EF032D9406A5C1A15D85795B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">P. pengzhouensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="5E24BFC24B219158E5597CA3EC2B68C7" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="81C5ECCB636DD1F62629E15A06306D9E" class="Dicotyledones" family="Primulaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="P. tenella" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="tenella">
<emphasis id="E25CD57EA33A21A8A5DD61D04C077C8C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">P. tenella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
</tr>
<tr id="3C2B59865691D247280620C398F6A8C1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">
<td id="6842895A823D3F02002D192E08C45E7A" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">Roots</td>
<td id="1AE5F641CA0E96FE3AF0CE8CF103118A" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">numerous, without hairs</td>
<td id="EA3C381B372CF41EE8AD4B80757E5D97" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">few, dense white hairs</td>
<td id="3CD7C6350B5ABD68A4DB68E00D020514" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">unknown</td>
<td id="E934B34D05828DE2CA8F4504ADDC5729" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">unknown</td>
</tr>
<tr id="4B057AA34B91A6D71C33D4E526AFE8AE" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">
<td id="0B6F0BCA5A7E9F787547A5FA070E306B" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">Stolon</td>
<td id="86B78729EC89822F5E4A2FCEBE88B8FC" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">2.0-6.0 cm long</td>
<td id="CF16A962FCE68E19841B24B40405C4F1" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">3.0-6.0 cm long</td>
<td id="C9B9B812EF7C616B257F091C2AAC7418" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">absent</td>
<td id="C818DE936A6A67C98291F960C4AEB312" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">short leafy stolons</td>
</tr>
<tr id="4D2A4DBA9E6605CB3B3FEE22D7AB808B" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">
<td id="63271DC6924021375339FF84F1995DC0" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">Leaf blade</td>
<td id="03DEE5E6851153AB42D11FCEA04C1234" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">
ovate to ovate-elliptic, 5.0-8.0 
<normalizedToken id="902CDCEC71BAFEA547B3BFFDABE120FD" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
3.0-6.0 mm
</td>
<td id="9AC53912A1E54BC315C88653291D44B4" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">
ovate to ovate-elliptic, 4.0-8.0 
<normalizedToken id="C8CDFCFB5F9326093E879EF078D3B626" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
3.0-5.0 mm
</td>
<td id="9558BC2B0EDE9EF319FF8BB4E145CE0D" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">
elliptic to ovate elliptic, 2.0-3.5 
<normalizedToken id="C899F9B1822861A7115333502BC61904" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
1.5-2.2 cm
</td>
<td id="4B645582D92594A1098608B632E71411" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">
rhomboid to ovate-spatulate, 6.0-15.0 
<normalizedToken id="E694B35FF7A06E1EABFD001CCC37A30C" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
5.0-8.0 mm
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="46540A565E374134EC8B61622DE92DD8" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">
<td id="139F7ADC9A459E2B2911461F7F060C58" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">Leaf farinose</td>
<td id="5BE891D832C42A68577FDCF0CACB64AD" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">abaxially densely yellow farinose, adaxially sparingly yellow farinose</td>
<td id="ED7FE8F02B6F044D7C71751FB561A3CE" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">abaxially copiously yellow farinose, adaxially sparingly yellow farinose</td>
<td id="C6399731F3445D4F394D1FDD5350C56C" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">abaxially more or less covered with a fugacious yellow farina, adaxially efarinose</td>
<td id="EDE09B6CDE499D1B5E8A88C45AAA8241" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">abaxially copiously white farinose, adaxially densely glandular and sparingly white farinose</td>
</tr>
<tr id="1FBED86C3023887A0BC131292F3CEC15" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">
<td id="D6DDA52D92C5468932D2C1B4CFC0382F" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">Leaf apex</td>
<td id="4E21478C33C62CF3E4CE7DB4BD2B2B05" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="6A554C1CCA24D244486B041130885256" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">acute, rarely broadly obtuse</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="51AE9212758303897B2A71E85707FD11" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">broadly obtuse to sub-rounded</td>
<td id="A98A0E89BF2AE0B9E785AB21D734AAA1" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">broadly obtuse to sub-rounded</td>
<td id="1054BE74045291C6CBBC059B956A7D8D" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">subrounded, rarely acute</td>
</tr>
<tr id="6ECDFB103888BC31C61CD3B389081781" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">
<td id="293E68A73E331F843CE2534176F92730" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">Leaf margin</td>
<td id="0E3C03FA0A80851E610456569189DAA3" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">margin dentate generally in the upper half only</td>
<td id="1E0266A269477E235C8D935950AF5AE2" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">margin dentate or crenulate generally in the upper half only</td>
<td id="EA9D372D7CAF4085F650EA4551277010" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">margin serrate-dentate</td>
<td id="5E5BDDEB0397526F96281524AC216F68" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">margin usually denticulate or crenulate above middle</td>
</tr>
<tr id="2B440391091999911E022A1F04559EAB" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">
<td id="03831329DE9DD2187D5F0D9C78B44AF9" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">Scape</td>
<td id="0013F509296267433E1E7363C81DEB19" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">scape 1, 0.2-1.5 cm tall, usually with a single flower</td>
<td id="48157CB45B6F25E38AB055B034C1C7B4" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">scape 1, 1.0-2.5 cm tall, usually with a single flower, very rarely two</td>
<td id="208D8FE5273D474C5703D9AE211ECE07" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">scape almost obsolete, at most 2.0 mm tall, bearing one terminal flower.</td>
<td id="098DE12E5CAEE16A66D370C7F3BA63FE" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">Scape 1, 2.0-5.0 cm tall, bearing 1(or rarely 2)-flowered</td>
</tr>
<tr id="72F634DD250BDF0AE51FA6BD8A0A4EDA" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">
<td id="E0568B20C31F419121FA74836634FFBC" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">Scape farinose</td>
<td id="0894368ED3B593A7D4F72035CE89E3BE" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="9B6FDA9689FE2295F3E1AAC848F0A77A" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">densely yellow farinose</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="DBF989798AB5CA5DC6828C2B37A0B81D" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">scarcely farinose</td>
<td id="2CA1BDC6D7FEDEC361B0070CDFD7AE71" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">unknown</td>
<td id="FE65B78EB75401DD1CD6AD74CE7FBA75" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">scarcely farinose</td>
</tr>
<tr id="524CD9B79A0786D2E6B7C7E561DF9871" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">
<td id="213C0031D81E55DF972B30B93ACB1299" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">Calyx</td>
<td id="8BC86BEB7C9D24DE7CFBDDDF7AF694B3" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">narrowly campanulate,</td>
<td id="A891CDCA79853DCC7035C34A0159E14F" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">narrowly campanulate</td>
<td id="25552E0E5904FB12A293F09448D18A87" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">narrowly campanulate</td>
<td id="B3C2E9D4E8BD979940CBCCBE285D6A55" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">narrowly campanulate</td>
</tr>
<tr id="68A8C4AE6B11EEE5B8E21B0877B6F8F1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">
<td id="C92B187891CD4FB922E6044A860D09CD" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">Calyx farinose</td>
<td id="3F0181EDE4B7920ADA9AB849643C2A1F" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">densely yellow farinose</td>
<td id="11EA049E3DCD373DD1F85AEC3EB89608" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">sparingly yellow farinose outside, densely so inside</td>
<td id="D1E18541B43E79FA859FD95766FB7BCC" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">sparingly yellow farinose outside, parted slightly beyond middle</td>
<td id="52BEA593A65FD910C58DF34B37520EB5" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">glandular outside, copiously white farinose inside</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F74981309237D72BB5B33D49AF30BD80" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">
<td id="0EEE872513585F62834B20648175BA7C" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">Corolla</td>
<td id="7694B017AC1F7CE04CFEE4BA5157E5B9" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="824E9D4BF79EDA27A53DA3FA05D013EF" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">pale purplish blue</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="72E2C0EE80B8CAAAE763997B6EBA9EF5" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">pinkish purple</td>
<td id="5F578C50C23D77CC5178A5C5F21126F0" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">corolla rose or pale purple</td>
<td id="8817C516C313287E75B303889AF06DA1" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">corolla blue-violet</td>
</tr>
<tr id="7E4C8E7B58AA810020121C6DAF433F6A" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">
<td id="67746828595506803DA6243DE4546FEF" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">Corolla farinose</td>
<td id="EA7B6047EF4028ACAC69A14065980A7C" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">abaxially densely yellow farinose</td>
<td id="00B6FACACC2591611BB650D8246DF888" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">unknown</td>
<td id="FA90DC1534EC810B4EC7E7B552AF8AFD" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">sprinkled with yellow farina outside</td>
<td id="84D91982BBDB8C6E23C605337D4C8529" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">unknown</td>
</tr>
<tr id="60F62E66071026E2BB5351AA774B826F" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">
<td id="CF65F8973057023CFD9D27CF28DED227" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">An appendage on the corolla tube or not</td>
<td id="6157CB99229C73E78357596E617F2F4A" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">absent</td>
<td id="03539DEDD893BCFB9A3A9818FF2F0BC9" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">yellow appendage</td>
<td id="9824902D8752493FB5DACA8C184D81B5" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">absent</td>
<td id="688291EB8EEAB76C1EF51FF658A75E96" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">white appendage</td>
</tr>
<tr id="013AB486824CC3271C9102556DB8279D" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">
<td id="D6C7D060B70BF77A237D21973133677F" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">Pin flowers</td>
<td id="2A997D3494AA66C5D220B1383C4C1134" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">stamens 2.0-5.0 mm above base of corolla tube, style nearly as long as tube</td>
<td id="3B8A02704AAA83799F9D9A89B16944EB" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">stamens in the middle of corolla tube; style slightly exceeding the corolla tube mouth</td>
<td id="C02AD0C8AB779B112EB3D5D5551C4ED2" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">
stamens 
<emphasis id="06F94A84A9DF630925E75512829E49AC" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">c.</emphasis>
3 mm above base of corolla tube, style 
<emphasis id="DDA01C1D5DC77DED47E6EADA232C6936" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">c.</emphasis>
2/3 as long as corolla tube
</td>
<td id="8DD32B3C8438DC9A482060CB92EE92D8" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">
stamens 
<emphasis id="D3682E322603665E8107809D495A9535" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">c.</emphasis>
3 mm above base of corolla tube, style reaching mouth
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="ACC2526A6F866097428C2B7F2E370181" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">
<td id="4BB0F483CB6CA4E6E8A6BB87BFB063C2" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">Thrum flowers</td>
<td id="3A4A51070155D3344B0DD35591105955" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">stamens reaching the corolla tube mouth, style 3.0-6.0 mm above base of corolla tube</td>
<td id="FC7F40E770D05304607B70303533CF63" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">stamens inserted on the apex of the corolla tube, scarcely exceeding 1 mm; style in the middle of the corolla tube</td>
<td id="144E893B801C25E0210F8B335AA98522" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">
stamens up to 2/3 of corolla tube; style 
<emphasis id="53E701F1FD7942D8CCA7D654BB22C804" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">c.</emphasis>
3 mm
</td>
<td id="D628DB5A8126715CBB532A6C82A7423B" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">
stamens at middle of corolla tube; style 
<emphasis id="CB4096D3D5435FEFC73B0B78FEA89E2F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">c.</emphasis>
3 mm
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="8454DAED08270175308240B5B7F0B3C6" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">
<td id="CE8527CF14F71227951FDE649602EEAC" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">Altitude and distribution area</td>
<td id="BAB094C1FD87035E379D47514D6F9EE9" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="64BA2C1AC7CB73C859499C562620EF80" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">c.</emphasis>
3200 m, Dayi City, Sichuan Province
</td>
<td id="2A512EF11066C7B9DD3DC89219C350DD" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">1550-1650 m, Dujiangyan City, Sichuan Province</td>
<td id="06698657CB206BB1C346D8FD65AD3F52" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="73E7EBFE594DC9394AA79691EEF36FE7" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="135">c.</emphasis>
1170 m, Pengzhou City, Sichuan Province
</td>
<td id="4F36E088556FFCB6B61B6A3842979836" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="135" rowspan="1">4700-5000 m, Sounthern of Xizang Province</td>
</tr>
</table>
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