Primula listeri King ex Hook.f.
Section Obconicolisteri
Link to Flora of Nepal checklist
Type specimen: s.n. (Tonglo and Singalelah ranges, in bamboo jungles, alt, 9-10,000ft.) = Watt catalogue 5307 resides at E (specimens E00024619, E00024620,E00024621) and K (specimens K000750256, K000750253, K000750254, K000750255) and HBG (specimen HBG508208).
Auganthus listeri (King) Soják (syn)
Primula austrolisteri (syn): Balf.f. Type specimen: Watt 6561, 7105, 11746 resides at E (specimens E00288492, E00024623, E00024622) and P (specimens P04544354, P04544357).
Additional references:
On some Undescribed and Imperfectly known Indian Species of Primula and Androsace. by George Watt.
Letter of 18830106
Epithet: Named for J. L. Lister.
Distribution: Nepal through Bhutan and Assam and Manipur in NE India
P. listeri is part of the P. obconica complex. It can be distinguished from the related P. sinolisteri by distribution and from P. filipes by the leaf shape. Sometimes confused with P. geraniifolia of section Cortusoides, but P. listeri has a widely campanulate calyx. Homomorphic. The protologue written by Hooker (from King's manuscripts) in the Flora of British India only states the type specimens as being collected in Tonglo and the Singalelah ranges, but not the collector's name. Both J. L. Lister and G. Watt collected P. listeri and material seems to have passed between Watt, King and Hooker. This is reflected in the confusing labelling on the herbarium sheets listed. Watt used the manuscript name P. robertiana for this species under collections 7105 and 6561 both which were then given under the name P. austrolisteri by Balfour.
