Sadiria, Mez, 1902

Wang, Li-Yan, Wang, Ze-Huan, Chen, Li, Zhao, Fei & Li, Rong-Jia, 2018, Sadiria longistyla (Myrsinoideae, Primulaceae), a new species from Yunnan, China, Phytotaxa 345 (3), pp. 293-297 : 296-297

Key to the taxa of Sadiria

1. Petals connate up to 5/6 of the length, flowers 6–7 mm ................................................................................................. S. solanifolia

- Petals connate 1/2–3/4 of the length, flowers <5 mm ........................................................................................................................2

2. Leaves subsessile....................................................................................................................................................... S. subsessilifolia

- Leaves distinctly petiolate..................................................................................................................................................................3

3. Sepals elliptic or lanceolate, margin minutely ciliate.........................................................................................................................4

- Sepals triangular-ovate, margin ciliate or serrulate............................................................................................................................5

4. Leaves with subentire margin, petioles ca. 0.4 cm, petals rounded ..................................................................... S. erecta var. erecta

- Leaves with distinct dentate margin, petioles 1–1.2 cm, petals acute..................................................... S. erecta var. longipetiolata

5. Branches and leaf blades glabrous, petioles 1.5–5 cm .......................................................................................................... S. boweri

- Branches and leaf blades puberulous beneath, petioles usually <1 cm ..............................................................................................6

6. Styles obviously exerted at the end of flowering...............................................................................................................................7

- Styles included or slightly exerted at the end of flowering................................................................................................................8

7. Leaves on the flowering branches 2–4, inflorescences ca. 2.5 cm long, pedicels ca. 6–8 mm long, sepals 1/8 length of the petals, petals ca. 4 mm long and 3/4 united ................................................................................................................................. S. longistyla

- Leaves on the flowering branches ca. 8, inflorescences ca. 1 cm long, pedicels ca. 1.5 mm long, sepals 1/3–1/2 length of the petals, petals ca. 1 mm long and 1/2 united............................................................................................... S. eugenifolia var. burmanica

8. Anthers ovate, apex with an excurrent connective............................................................................... S. eugenifolia var. eugenifolia

- Anthers lanceolate or narrowly triangular-ovate, apex without an excurrent connective..................................................................9

9. Leaf base broadly cuneate to sub-rounded, lateral veins 18–23 pairs............................................................................... S. aberrans

-. Leaf base narrowly cuneate, lateral veins 7–11 pairs......................................................................................................... S. griffithii