A Primula from the Miocene - P. riosiae

The Miocene is a geological period extending from 23 million to 5.3 million years ago. It is during this time period that the apes arose and humans split to become their own lineage, open grasslands became more prominent and by the end of it almost 95% of modern seed plant families existed.   Evolutionary studies...

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Primula rebeccae A.J. Richards a synonym for Primula tenella King

Primula tenella was first discovered in the Chumbi valley, Tibet and was described by King ex Watt in Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany 20:13. 1882  (with a drawing) and also Hooker from Flora of British India 3:492.  Chumbi Valley - Reproduced by permission of Durham University...

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Primula longipinnatifida

Primula blinii has numerous synonyms reflecting the variability of this species. One of the synonyms cited in the Flora of China is P. longipinnatifida F.H. Chen. This species was collected by T. T. Yü, NW of Wa-Erh-Dje, alt 2800m under woods in 1937. It was described in the article “An Enumeration...

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