Family: Primulaceae
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Primula mishmiensis Kingdon-Ward
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Name Det. qual. Type of det. Det. based on specimen Det. by and when Institution
Primula mishmiensis Kingdon-WardFideE00024597
Type of Primula mishmiensis Kingdon-Ward
Collector/Expedition: Kingdon-Ward, F.
Collection number: 8282
Collection date: 4th June 1928
Country/Territory: India:Assam
Collecting locality: India:Assam:Delei valley
Latitude: 28°21'N, Longitude: 96°37'E
Habitat: Growing on outcrops of rock and on steep humus clad slopes on either side of the ridge, under bamboos.
Description: A yellow flowered species. Allied to P. agleniana but the individual flowers are smaller and the heads have rather fewer flowers; the leaves are different also. The flowers are a good buff yellow, with a white mealy crater and no scent; the plant has a faintly unpleasant smell, characteristic of its kind. Leaves covered beneath with whitish meal, thickly laid on. Capsule small, globular.
Kind of specimen: HERBARIUM SHEET
Barcode: E00024597
Herbarium region: 5A (India, Bangladesh & Pakistan)
Number of sheets: 1
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