Primula hoffmanniana W.W.Sm.
Section Petiolares
Link to Flora of China description
Type specimen: Limpricht 1327 resides at K (specimen K000750157) and WU (specimen WU 0059749) and S (specimen S09-47199) and E (specimen E00024814).
P. petiolaris Wall. var. setschwanica (syn): Pax & K.Hoffm., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17:94. 1921. Type specimens: Limpricht 1278, 1456, 1327 (1278 is not referable to P. hoffmanniana) resides as above.).
Epithet: Named for the German botanist Käthe Hoffmann, one of the authorities for P. petiolaris var. setschwanica.
Distribution: Sichuan, China.
Primula hoffmanniana was described from a duplicate specimen of Limpricht's 1327 collection at Kew. This collection, along with Limpricht's 1278 and 1456 were described as P. petiolaris var. setschwanica, however 1278 is not referable to P. hoffmanniana. Plant is efarinose generally, but can have sparce farina on the leaves and calyx, flowers are annulate, scape obsolete, forms thin stolons at the end of which new plants develop. P. hoffmanniana was initially collected at Wenchuan shan, Sichuan.
