Primula melanops W.W.Sm. & Kingdon-Ward, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 14: 48. 1923.
Section Crystallophlomis
Link to Flora of China description
Type specimen: Ward 4080 resides at KEW (specimen K000750203) and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (specimen E00024229).
P. leucochnoa (syn): Hand.-Mazz., Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 1924, lxi. 133. Type specimen: Handel-Mazzetti 2618, 7299 resides at Universität Wien (specimens WU 0059738, WU 0059739) and KEW (specimen K000750205) and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (specimen E00024228).
P. chionantha Balf.f. & Forrest subsp. melanops (W.W.Sm. & Kingdon-Ward): A.J.Richards, Primula 172 (1993).
Epithet: Named for the very dark colored corolla eye.
Distribution: Muli, Sichuan, China.
The most current taxonomy has this species as Primula chionantha subsp. melanops (A.J.Richards), though so many people know the name, I have placed it separately for clarity. This follows the Flora of China. It closely resembles P. sinopurpurea (also included in P. chionanatha), but distinguished by being smaller, having white farina, deep purple flowers with a black center and a long cylidrical capsule. Only found in Muli. If you have an image of this species, please contact the webmaster. 如果你有这个物种的图像，请与网站管理员联系。
