- Family:
- Primulaceae Batsch ex Borkh.
Androsace L.

[FIQ]
Ghazanfar, S. A. & Edmondson, J. R (Eds). (2014) Flora of Iraq, Volume 5 Part 2: Lythraceae to Campanulaceae.
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual or perennial herbs, often shortly stoloniferous and densely caespitose
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves usually basal, forming a rosette
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Pedicel
- Pedicels solitary or umbellate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
- Bracts setaceous or foliose, rarely absent
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx campanulate or subglobose, 5-lobed
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens and style shorter than corolla tube
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsule globose, dehiscing by 5 valves.
- Distribution
- Distributed from Eurasia south to N Africa, Arabia, Himalaya and to New Guinea; North America excluding SE USA into Mexico; S Argentina.
Native to:
Afghanistan, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Altay, Amur, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Rus, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Hainan, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuril Is., Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Louisiana, Magadan, Manchuria, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Nevada, New Guinea, New Mexico, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nunavut, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Poland, Primorye, Qinghai, Québec, Romania, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon
Extinct in:
Newfoundland
Introduced into:
New York
- Androsace adenocephala Hand.-Mazz.
- Androsace adfinis Biroli
- Androsace aflatunensis Ovcz.
- Androsace aizoon Duby
- Androsace akbaitalensis Derganc ex O.Fedtsch.
- Androsace alaica Ovcz. & S.B.Astan.
- Androsace alaschanica Maxim.
- Androsace alaskana Coville & Standl. ex Hultén
- Androsace albana Steven
- Androsace albimontana D.Jord. & Jacquemoud
- Androsace alchemilloides Franch.
- Androsace alpina (L.) Lam.
- Androsace americana Wendelbo
- Androsace apus Franch. ex R.Knuth
- Androsace × aretioides (Gaudin) Hegetschw.
- Androsace argentea (C.F.Gaertn.) Lapeyr.
- Androsace armeniaca Duby
- Androsace axillaris (Franch.) Franch.
- Androsace baltistanica Y.J.Nasir
- Androsace beringensis (S.Kelso, Jurtzev & D.F.Murray) Cubey
- Androsace bidentata K.Koch
- Androsace bisulca Bureau & Franch.
- Androsace brachystegia Hand.-Mazz.
- Androsace brevis (Hegetschw.) Ces.
- Androsace bryomorpha Lipsky
- Androsace bulleyana Forrest
- Androsace bungeana Schischk. & Bobrov
- Androsace caduca Ovcz.
- Androsace caespitosa Lehm. ex Spreng.
- Androsace caucasica Sommier & Levier
- Androsace cernuiflora Y.C.Yang & R.F.Huang
- Androsace chaixii Gren. & Godr.
- Androsace chamaejasme Wulfen
- Androsace ciliata DC.
- Androsace ciliifolia Ludlow
- Androsace constancei Wendelbo
- Androsace coronata (G.Watt) Hand.-Mazz.
- Androsace cortusifolia Nakai
- Androsace croftii Watt
- Androsace cuscutiformis Franch.
- Androsace cuttingii C.E.C.Fisch.
- Androsace cylindrica DC.
- Androsace darvasica Ovcz.
- Androsace dasyphylla Bunge
- Androsace delavayi Franch.
- Androsace dielsiana R.Knuth
- Androsace dissecta (Franch.) Franch.
- Androsace duthieana R.Knuth
- Androsace elatior Pax & K.Hoffm.
- Androsace elongata L.
- Androsace engleri R.Knuth
- Androsace erecta Maxim.
- Androsace eritrichioides Gand.
- Androsace × escheri Brügger
- Androsace euryantha Hand.-Mazz.
- Androsace exscapa Maximova
- Androsace fedtschenkoi Ovcz.
- Androsace filiformis Retz.
- Androsace flavescens Maxim.
- Androsace foliosa Duby
- Androsace forrestiana Hand.-Mazz.
- Androsace gagnepainiana Hand.-Mazz.
- Androsace geraniifolia Watt
- Androsace globifera Duby
- Androsace globiferoides (Kunth) Hand.-Mazz.
- Androsace gmelinii (L.) Roem. & Schult.
- Androsace gorodkovii Ovcz. & Karav.
- Androsace graceae Forrest ex W.W.Sm.
- Androsace gracilis Hand.-Mazz.
- Androsace graminifolia C.E.C.Fisch.
- Androsace halleri L.
- Androsace handel-mazzettii Kress
- Androsace harrissii Duthie
- Androsace hausmannii Leyb.
- Androsace hazarica R.R.Stewart ex Y.J.Nasir
- Androsace hedreantha Griseb.
- Androsace × heeri W.D.J.Koch
- Androsace helvetica (L.) All.
- Androsace hemisphaerica Ludlow
- Androsace henryi Oliv.
- Androsace hohxilensis R.F.Huang & S.K.Wu
- Androsace hookeriana Klatt
- Androsace × hybrida A.Kern.
- Androsace idahoensis (Douglass M.Hend.) Cubey
- Androsace incana Lam.
- Androsace integra (Maxim.) Hand.-Mazz.
- Androsace intermedia Ledeb.
- Androsace jacquemontii Duby
- Androsace khokhrjakovii Mazurenko
- Androsace khumbuensis Dentant
- Androsace komovensis Schönsw. & Schneew.
- Androsace kouytchensis Bonati
- Androsace kuczerovii Knjaz.
- Androsace kuvajevii Mazurenko
- Androsace lactea L.
- Androsace lactiflora Fisch. ex Willd.
- Androsace laevigata (A.Gray) Wendelbo
- Androsace laggeri A.Huet
- Androsace lanuginosa Wall.
- Androsace laxa C.M.Hu & Y.C.Yang
- Androsace lehmanniana Spreng.
- Androsace lehmannii Wall. ex Duby
- Androsace limprichtii Pax & K.Hoffm.
- Androsace longifolia Turcz.
- Androsace lowariensis Y.J.Nasir
- Androsace ludlowiana Hand.-Mazz.
- Androsace mairei H.Lév.
- Androsace mariae Kanitz
- Androsace × marpensis G.F.Sm.
- Androsace mathildae Levier
- Androsace maxima L.
- Androsace medifissa Y.L.Chen & Y.C.Yang
- Androsace minor (Hand.-Mazz.) C.M.Hu & Y.C.Yang
- Androsace mirabilis Franch.
- Androsace mollis Hand.-Mazz.
- Androsace montana (A.Gray) Wendelbo
- Androsace mucronifolia Watt
- Androsace multiscapa Duby
- Androsace muscoidea Duby
- Androsace nivalis (Lindl.) Wendelbo
- Androsace nortonii Ludlow
- Androsace obtusifolia All.
- Androsace occidentalis Pursh
- Androsace ochotensis Roem. & Schult.
- Androsace ojhorensis Y.J.Nasir
- Androsace ovalifolia Y.C.Yang
- Androsace ovczinnikovii Schischk. & Bobrov
- Androsace pavlovskii Ovcz.
- Androsace paxiana R.Knuth
- Androsace × pedemontana Rchb.
- Androsace phaeoblephara Hand.-Mazz.
- Androsace podlechii Wendelbo
- Androsace poissonii R.Knuth
- Androsace pomeiensis C.M.Hu & Y.C.Yang
- Androsace pubescens DC.
- Androsace pyrenaica Lam.
- Androsace rhizomatosa Hand.-Mazz.
- Androsace rigida Hand.-Mazz.
- Androsace rioxana A.Segura
- Androsace rockii W.E.Evans
- Androsace rotundifolia Hardw.
- Androsace runcinata Hand.-Mazz.
- Androsace russellii Y.J.Nasir
- Androsace sajanensis Stepanov
- Androsace salasii Kurtz
- Androsace sarmentosa Wall.
- Androsace selago Hook.f. & Thomson ex Klatt
- Androsace sempervivoides Jacquem. ex Duby
- Androsace septentrionalis L.
- Androsace sericea Ovcz.
- Androsace similis Craib
- Androsace spinulifera (Franch.) R.Knuth
- Androsace squarrosula Maxim.
- Androsace staintonii Y.J.Nasir
- Androsace stenophylla (Petitm.) Hand.-Mazz.
- Androsace strigillosa Franch.
- Androsace sublanata Hand.-Mazz.
- Androsace tanggulashanensis Y.C.Yang & R.F.Huang
- Androsace tapete Maxim.
- Androsace tibetica (Maxim.) R.Knuth
- Androsace tribracteata R.F.Huang
- Androsace triflora Adams
- Androsace umbellata (Lour.) Merr.
- Androsace vegae R.Knuth
- Androsace villosa L.
- Androsace vitaliana (L.) Lapeyr.
- Androsace wardii W.W.Sm.
- Androsace wilsoniana Hand.-Mazz.
- Androsace wulfeniana (Sieber ex W.D.J.Koch) Rchb.
- Androsace yargongensis Petitm.
- Androsace zambalensis (Petitm.) Hand.-Mazz.
- Androsace zayulensis Hand.-Mazz.
Androsace L. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Sp. Pl.: 142 (1753)
Accepted by
- Christenhusz, M.J.M., Fay, M.F. & Chase, M.W. (2017). Plants of the World. An illustrated encyclopedia of vascular plants: 1-792. Kew Publishing, The university of Chicago Press.
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
- Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (1996). Flora of China 15: 1-387. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
Literature
Flora of Iraq
- Linnaeus Gen. Pl. ed. 5 : 69 (1754);
- Linnaeus Sp. Pl. ed. 1 : 141 (1753) ;
- R. Kunth in Pflanzenr. 4, 237: 172 (1905)
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Flora of Iraq
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