Reinstatement of Primula angustidens (Primulaceae) from South-Western China

2026/04/20 by Dan Wei, Yuan Xu, C Hu +1 · 1 voice
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Plant Diversity and Evolution #Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions #Sesquiterpenes and Asteraceae Studies

paper · doi:10.5735/085.063.0111

openalex publication_date 2026/04/20 · openalex created_date 2026/04/21 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11

Abstract

Primula angustidens (Franch.) Pax is reinstated to specific status, since the name P. stenodonta Balf. f. ex W.W. Sm. & H.R. Fletcher, which has been used for the taxon, is illegitimate and superfluous.

Discussions

• A nomenclatural correction in Primula: the name P. stenodonta is illegitimate, and the earlier P. angustidens is reinstated as the correct species name. Stabilising taxonomy by revisiting historical m [bsky, 1 points, 0 comments]

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