Primula ranunculoides F.H.Chen
Section Ranunculoides
Type specimen: Hsiung 1000 resides at LBG (specimen LBG00118016) and E (specimens E00024342, E00024343).
Epithet: Named for leaves like the genus Ranunculus
Distribution: Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, China.
See J.-W. Shao et al. (2012), Reappraisal of Primula ranunculoides (Primulaceae), an endangered species endemic to China, based on morphological, molecular genetic and reproductive characters
Once included under P. cicutariifolia, but proven to be distinct. Distinguished by having the ability to progate asexually by the flowering scape differentiating into bulblets during the later stages of flowering. The first 1-4 young leaves are kidney-shaped, sinuous-lobed , 3-9 pinnae with the terminal pinna kidney shaped or elliptic, obviously larger than the others. The flowers are pink with a central white zone, distylous with the corolla lobes emarginate.
