Primula flaccida N. P. Balakrishnan, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 67: 63. 1972.
Section Soldanelloides
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Type specimen: Delavay 53 resides at Paris (specimens P04567352,P04567353) and KEW (specimen K000750112).
P. nutans (syn): Delavay ex Franchet, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 33:69. 1886. Type specimen: Delavay 53 resides at Paris (specimens P04567352,P04567353) and KEW (specimen K000750112). Name replaced, see below.
P. penduliflora: Franchet ex Petitm., Monde Pl. II, 10:6. 1908. Type specimen: Delavay 3826 resides at Paris (specimens P04544674,P04544673,P04544675,P04544676,P05250366) and KEW (specimen K000750111) and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (specimens E00024353, E00024354) and NY Botanical Garden (specimen 00329551). A dwarf form.
Epithet: Named for the loosely hanging (flaccid) flowers.
Distribution: W Guizhou(?), SW Sichuan and Yunnan, China
Originally described as P. nutans, this name was previously used by Georgi (Bemerk. Reise Russ. Reich 1: 200. 1775 ) so this species was renamed as P. flaccida. I am not certain if the name P. nutans ssp penduliflora was validly published (see KEW specimen K000750111 ). Distinguished by the compact spike of blue to violet flowers with the scape 10-50cm tall. The efarinose, elliptic to broadly oblanceolate leaves have multicellular hairs on both surfaces and especially the midrib below. See related species P. spicata and P. siamensis. The last image is a garden hybrid between P. flaccida (Section Soldanelloides) and P. vialii (Section Muscarioides) which R. B. Cain says was called P. x vantana by George Sherriff (Bull. AGS 31:34. 1963.) This name is nom. nudum as it was not validily published. If you have images of this species from Guizhou, please contact the webmaster.
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