Primula (sect. Auganthus) Pax ex Balfour f. 1913

Key to Primula sect. Auganthus (adapted from Hu & Kelso 1996): 1. Leaves pinnately lobed to midvein................................................................................................................................... P. filchnerae 1. Leaves pinnately or palmately lobed, lobes not reaching midvein 2. Old leaves falling off, petiole purplish................................................................................................................................ P. sinensis 2. Old leaves remaining, petiole green 3. Leaf blade base cuneate............................................................................................................................................. P. xingshanensis 3. Leaf blade base cordate to sub-truncate............................................................................................................................. P. rupestris
Published as part of Wang, Shi-Qin, Yan, Hai-Fei, Cheng, Zhi-Jie & Wang, Yu-Bing, 2023, Primula xingshanensis (Primulaceae), a new species from Hubei, China, pp. 158-162 in Phytotaxa 594 (2) on page 161, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.594.2.8, http://zenodo.org/record/7900653
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