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Primula klattii N.P.Balakr., J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. lxvii. 63. 1970.

Section Soldanelloides
Link to Flora of China description
Link to Flora of Bhutan description
Link to Nepal checklist as P. uniflora
Type specimen: J.D.Hooker & Thomson 31 resides at KEW (specimens K000750426, K000750427) and British Museum (specimen BM000997019) and Harvard University (specimen 00073579) and Paris (specimens P04907179, P04907182) and Swedish Museum (specimen S09-47094) and Botanische Staatssammlung München (specimen M0173537).

P. uniflora Klatt non Gmelin (syn): Forrest, Linnaea 37: 500. 1872. Type specimen: as above.
Additional reference: Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 3:492. 1882.

Epithet: Named for Friedrich Wilhelm Klatt.
Distribution: Sikkim, Nepal,Tibet (Xizang), Bhutan.

Originally named P. uniflora by Klatt but this name is invalid as it was previously used by Gmelin in 1806. This species is unmistakable, having very large cup shaped flowers of pale blue with a red calyx over top of hairy incised leaves.

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