Primulaceae

Primula L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 142 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. & Subtropical to Tropical Mountains.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Altay, Amur, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Russia, Chile Central, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, District of Columbia, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Falkland Is., Finland, Florida, France, Føroyar, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Jawa, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., Labrador, Lebanon-Syria, Louisiana, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Myanmar, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Québec, Romania, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, Sicilia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Sumatera, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon

Introduced into:

Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Mexico Southwest

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1972). Flora Europaea 3: 1-370. Cambridge University Press.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (1996). Flora of China 15: 1-387. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

Flora of Iraq

  • Linnaeus, Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 70 (1754);
  • Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. ed. 1, 142 (1753);
  • Pax, Pflanzenr. 4, 237 : 17 (1905)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 17, 2020 Mehdiyeva, N.; Ibrahimova, A.; Mursal, N.; Asadova, K. [SBIB-00293] Azerbaijan K009000023 No
May 22, 2020 Mehdiyeva, N.; Ibrahimova, A.; Mursal, N.; Asadova, K. [SBIB-00294] Azerbaijan K009000024 No
Sep 28, 1931 Rock, J.F. [9611] China K000732887 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sep 28, 1931 Forrest, G. [21435] China K000732888 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1919 David, A. [s.n.] China K000750146 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jun 10, 1907 Delavay, J.M. [53] China K000750112 Unknown Type Material Yes
Henry, A. [10626 A] China K000732856 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-29796.000 No
Forrest, G. [18898] China K000732972 Unknown Type Material Yes
Soulié, J.A. [2242] China K000732909 Unknown Type Material Yes
Regel, A. [s.n.] Tajikistan K000732916 Unknown Type Material Yes
Handel-Mazzetti, H.R.E. [9290] China K000750076 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fedtschenko, B.A. [s.n.] K000732917 Unknown Type Material Yes
Blinkworth, R. [s.n.] India K000750606 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000750320 Type Yes
Leresche, L.F.J.R. [s.n.] Switzerland K000732948 Unknown Type Material Yes
Osborne, J. [518] Kyrgyzstan K000493578 Yes
Forrest, G. [20473] China K000750056 Unknown Type Material Yes
Delavay, J.M. [751] China K000750188 Unknown Type Material Yes
Forrest, G. [13231] China K000750072 Unknown Type Material Yes
Blinkworth, R. [s.n.] India K000750607 Unknown Type Material Yes
Forrest, G. [21332] China K000750057 Unknown Type Material Yes
Farges, R.P. [s.n.] China K000880465 Type Yes
Limpricht, H.W. [1327] China K000750157 Type Yes
Regel, A. [s.n.] K000732913 Unknown Type Material Yes
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 611] India K001111407 Unknown Type Material Yes
Forrest, G. [18094] China K000750045 Unknown Type Material Yes
Japan K:SPC-42722.000 No
K:SPC-02503.000 No
Forrest, G. [13848] China K000732836 Unknown Type Material Yes
Regel, A. [s.n.] K000732915 Unknown Type Material Yes
Maroof Shah [606] Pakistan K001567523 No
Pratt, A.E. [742] China K000750187 Unknown Type Material Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [2242] Austria K:SPC-00978.000 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 605] Nepal K000639660 Unknown Type Material Yes
Forrest, G. [2275] China K000732839 Unknown Type Material Yes
Forrest, G. [2275] China K000732838 Unknown Type Material Yes
Moorcroft, W. [Cat. no. 4988] India K001104428 Unknown Type Material Yes
Blinkworth, R. [s.n.] India K000750608 Unknown Type Material Yes
King, G. [4480] India K000750424 Unknown Type Material Yes
King, G. [4480] India K000750423 Unknown Type Material Yes
Henry, A. [10626] China K000732858 Unknown Type Material Yes
Thomas, E. [s.n.] Switzerland K000732951 Unknown Type Material Yes
Blinkworth, R. [7107] India K000750303 Unknown Type Material Yes
Watt, G. [s.n.] K000750298 Type Yes
Grusons, M. [s.n.] K000732949 Unknown Type Material Yes
Forrest, G. [19678] China K000750079 Unknown Type Material Yes
Korolkov, N.J.; Krause [s.n.] K000732918 Unknown Type Material Yes
Henry, A. [10626 B] China K000732857 Unknown Type Material Yes
Muret, J. [s.n.] K000732950 Unknown Type Material Yes
Regel, A. [s.n.] Uzbekistan K000732914 Unknown Type Material Yes
Smith, W.W. [s.n.] K000732827 Unknown Type Material Yes
Delavay, J.M. [751] China K000750186 Unknown Type Material Yes
Delavay, J.M. [750] China K000750184 Unknown Type Material Yes
Purdom, W. [739] China K000750081 Unknown Type Material Yes
Farrer, R.J. [122] China K000750194 Type Yes
Forrest, G. [7561] China K000732870 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ward, F.K. [5868] India K000750245 Type Yes
Forrest, G. [14228] China K000732973 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [4] Pakistan K000750417 Type Yes
Farrer, R.J. [1721] Burma K000732975 Unknown Type Material Yes
Purdom, W. [687] China K000750078 Unknown Type Material Yes
Purdom, W. [687] China K000750077 Unknown Type Material Yes
Forrest, G. [21227] China K000732837 Unknown Type Material Yes
Delavay, J.M. [751] China K000750185 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 603] K000639659 Unknown Type Material Yes
Forrest, G. [12571] China K000732974 Unknown Type Material Yes
Afghanistan K:SPC-35042.000 No
Cooper, R.E. [4822] Bhutan K000772805 Type Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Iraq

    • Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. (Eds). (2013-2019). Flora of Iraq, Volumes 5.1, 5.2 and 6.0. Kew Publishing
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China

    • The Malesian Key Group (2010) Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China (Version 2.0, 28 Jul 2010) The Nationaal Herbarium Nederland Leiden and The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0