Primulina | |
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A Primulina hybrid, Primulina linearifolia × Primulina sinensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Gesneriaceae |
Subfamily: | Didymocarpoideae |
Genus: | Primulina Hance (1883) |
Species [1] | |
232; see text | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Primulina is a genus of flowering plants in the African violet family Gesneriaceae. It includes 232 species native to southern and north-central China and northern Vietnam. [1] The species are mostly calciphilous, and typically grow in the extensive limestone karst regions of China and Vietnam. [2]
In 2011 the genus was expanded with the transfer of many species that had previously been placed in the genus Chirita . [3] In 2016 five species were moved to the genus Deinostigma, [4] , which was merged into Metapetrocosmea in 2022. [5] A phylogenetic study published in 2023 concluded that the southernmost three species of Primulina, endemic to the Langbiang Plateau in southern Vietnam, constitute a separate genus which was named Langbiangia . [2]
232 species are accepted. [1] [4] [6]
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