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Primroses
Primula
Primula /ˈprɪmjʊlə/ is a genus of mainly herbaceous flowering plants in the family Primulaceae. They include the familiar wildflower of banks and verges, the primrose (P. vulgaris). Other common species are P. auricula (auricula), P. veris (cowslip) and P. elatior (oxlip). These species and many others are valued for their ornamental flowers. They have been extensively cultivated and hybridised - in the case of the primrose, for many hundreds of years. Primula are native to the...
19 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Primula
subgenusPrimula
Auriculastrum
subgenusAuriculastrum
Aleuritia
subgenusAleuritia
Auganthus
subgenusAuganthus
Primula semenovii
speciesPrimula semenovii
Primula jaffreyana
speciesPrimula jaffreyana
Primula diantha
speciesPrimula diantha
Primula olgae
speciesPrimula olgae
Primula knuthiana
speciesPrimula knuthiana
Primula gracilituba
speciesPrimula gracilituba
Primula ianthina
speciesPrimula ianthina
Primula fangingensis
speciesPrimula fangingensis
Primula bukukunica
speciesPrimula bukukunica
Primula capitellata
speciesPrimula capitellata
Primula chishuiensis
speciesPrimula chishuiensis
Primula brachystoma
speciesPrimula brachystoma
Primula afghanica
speciesPrimula afghanica
Primula neurocalyx
speciesPrimula neurocalyx
Arunachal primrose
speciesPrimula assamica
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.665
Marcelli Malpighii ... Anatome Plantarum
Malpighi, Marcello · 1675 · p.163
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.213
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.107
History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.349
History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.351
History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.346
History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.345
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.321
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.324
The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation
Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.153
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.104
In the stacks
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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 55820.