| Primula sinensis | |
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| Primula sinensis, a hand-coloured engraving from John Lindley's Collectanea botanica (1821) of a plant both named and drawn by Lindley | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Primulaceae |
| Genus: | Primula |
| Species: | P. sinensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Primula sinensis Sabine ex Lindley, Coll. Bot. t. 7. 1821. non Loureiro (1790).[1] |
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| Synonyms | |
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Auganthus praenitens Link |
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Primula sinensis, the Chinese primrose or 藏报春 (zang bao chun) in Chinese, is a plant species in the genus Primula.
Primulin is an anthocyanin found in P. sinensis.[2]