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primrose family
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primrose family

Primulaceae

The Primulaceae are a family of herbaceous and woody flowering plants with about 53 genera with 2790 species, including some favorite garden plants and wildflowers, commonly known as the primrose family. Most Primulaceae are perennial though some species, such as scarlet pimpernel, are annuals. The family has been variously circumscribed, but it is now accepted in the broad sense including the former families Myrsinaceae and Theophrastaceae, because many genera traditionally placed in Primulaceae were found to...

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4 branches of this family, most-observed first

Cape Myrtle subfamily

subfamilyMyrsinoideae

primrose subfamily

subfamilyPrimuloideae

Theophrastoideae

subfamilyTheophrastoideae

Maesoideae

subfamilyMaesoideae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48064.