Primula chionogenes H.R.Fletcher, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 52:337. 1942.
Section Petiolares, Subsection Sonchifolia
Link to Flora of China description
Type specimen: Ludlow & Sherriff 3983 resides at British Museum (specimen BM000996796) and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (specimen E00024666) and Smithsonian (specimen 00116459) and Paris (specimen P04571863).
Epithet: Named for resembling P. chionota.
Distribution: China (Tibet)/India (Arunachal Pradesh) border.
Found in the area between Mechuka, India and Langong, Tibet, this species is relatively unknown due to restricted access to the area. It flowered in Edinburgh in 1940, but was eventually lost to cultivation. In the original description, P. chionogenes was compared to P. chionota, another yellow (or violet) flowered species in the Petiolares Section. The difference between the two species is that P. chionogenes has leaves which are coarsely and irregularly toothed and the calyx lobes are subflabellate-nerved with the nerves ending in conspicuous teeth, giving the margin a dentate appearance. P. chionogenes is an efarinose species, with prominent bud scales, leaves appearing with the flowers, ovate to broadly elliptic, rounded apex, tapering to a winged petiole. At fruiting, the petiole is longer and the leaf often has a slightly cordate base. Scape obsolete to very short with 2-6 bright yellow, annulate flowers with a darker eye. If you have an image of this species, please contact the webmaster. 如果你有这个物种的图像，请与网站管理员联系
