Primula virginis H. Léveillé, Monde Pl. 17(92): 1. 1915.
Section Amethystina
Link to Flora of China description
Type specimen: Maire s.n., June 1911 (Io-chan, Yunnan) resides at Paris (specimens P00649626, P04571131) and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (specimen E00024045, E00024046).
P. leimonophila (syn): I. B. Balfour, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh. 9: 25. 1915. Type specimen: Maire s.n. resides at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (specimen E00024044).
P. petrophyes (syn): I. B. Balfour, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh. 9: 33. 1915. Type specimen: Maire s.n. resides at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (specimen E00024047, E00024048 and E00024049) and Smithsonian (specimen 00116525). A dwarf variant collected at the same location as P. virginis and possibly an alpine form.
Distribution: NE Yunnan
The names P. virginis and P. leimonophila were published in the same year, but P. virginis has priority. This species is very similar to P. amethystina but distinguished by the lanceolate, acute leaves, by the purple colored calyx and by the oblong corolla lobes. May actually fall within the variation of P. amethystina and may be better placed as a subspecies.
