Primula × chignolensis Banfi & Ferl., 2024

Banfi, Enrico & Ferlinghetti, Renato, 2024, Primula × chignolensis (Ericales: Primulaceae), a new primrose hybrid discovered in Val Seriana (northern Italy), Natural History Sciences 11 (1), pp. 21-24 : 24

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.4081/nhs.2024.705
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13890644
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CA878E-FFBD-FFA3-DA6A-93D5FDC87AAB
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Primula × chignolensis Banfi & Ferl.
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Primula × chignolensis Banfi & Ferl. , nothosp. nov.

Hybrid formula: P. albenensis × P. auricula

Corollae fauce lutea et foliorum margine valde crenato a specie P. albenensis perspicue differt, a specie P. auricula corollae limbo numquam luteo nec foliorum margine umquam albicante.

Distinguished from P. albenensis by the corolla with a yellow throat and a definitely crenate leaf margin, from P. auricula by the corolla limb never yellow and the leaf margin never whitish-contrasting.

Etymology: from the toponym Chignolo.

Type - Holotypus: Herbarium MSNM 52572 (Milano), Pre-Alps of Bergamo , Mount Alben group, Chignolo d’Oneta, Bivacco La Plana, 45.848982 N, 9.802947 E, m 1247, on limestone face, leg. Gianni Borlini, 23.05.2022 GoogleMaps .

Description

Rosulate herbaceous perennial, acaulescent. Obovatespatulate, somewhat fleshy leaves, about 3-8 × 2-6 cm, usually distinctly crenate, glandular especially at the margins, more or less farinose on the adaxial surface; margins green, not whitish like P. auricula . Flowering stem 5-25(-30) cm, flowers 5-12 in terminal umbel, calyx more or less white-farinose, corolla throat pale yellow, scarcely or not farinose, limb magenta-colored, somewhat darker than in P. albenensis . Flowering: April-May.