Primulaceae

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Primrose family
Primula vulgaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ericales
Family: Primulaceae
Vent.
Genera

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Primulaceae is a family of flowering plants with about 24 genera, including some favorite garden plants and wildflowers. It is also known as the primrose family.

[edit] List of Genera

  • Androsace L. (syn. Douglasia, Vitaliana) – rock jasmine, rock-jasmine, rockjasmine
  • Bryocarpum Hook. f. & Thomson
  • Cortusa L.
  • Dionysia Fenzl
  • Dodecatheon L. – shooting star, shootingstar
  • Hottonia L. – hottonia
  • Kaufmannia Regel
  • Omphalogramma (Franch.) Franch.
  • Pomatosace Maxim.
  • Primula L. – primrose, cowslip, oxlip
  • Samolus L. – brookweed, waterpimpernel
  • Soldanella L. – snowbells
  • Stimpsonia C.Wright ex A.Gray

The following genera, traditionally included in Primulaceae, should, according to Källersjö et al. (2000), belong to the family Myrsinaceae:

[edit] References

Primulaceae (RBG Kew)

Källersjö, M., G. Bergqvist & A. A. Anderberg. 2000. Generic realignment in primuloid families of the Ericales s. l.: a phylogenetic analysis based on DNA sequences from three chloroplast genes and morphology. Amer. J. Bot. 87: 1325–1341.