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. 2019 Jan 4;7:e6157. doi: 10.7717/peerj.6157

Table 1. Diagnostic character differences between Primulina anisocymosa and its close relative P. bobaiensis.

characters P. anisocymosa P. bobaiensis
Petiole Sessile or subsessile Petiolate, 3–12 mm long
Leaf blade shape Oblong-rhombic, or elliptic-oblong; base cuneate-attenuate, and decurrent into slightly broad wings of extremely inconspicuous petiole Elliptic or oval; base cuneate to broadly cuneate
Leaf blade margin Obviously regularly 6–8 triangle to obtuse-triangle serrate from the base Shallowly 12–14 serrate
Indumentum of leaf blade Densely pubescent and sparsely villous on both surfaces Pubescent on both surfaces
Peduncle indumentum Pubescent sparsely glandular-pubescent Pubescent
Bract 1–2(–3), usually withered when flowering, free, narrowly triangular; 2–3 × ca. 1 mm; outside puberulent, inside verrucose and glabrous Opposite, oblanceolate; 8–22 × 4–9 mm; pubescent on both sides
Corolla Outside glandular pubescent, inside glabrous Outside pubescent, inside sparsely puberulent
Calyx lobes size 5–8 × 4–5 mm 3–5 × 0.8–1.1 mm
Filaments indumentum Glandular pubescent Glabrous
Staminodes 2 3