Primulaceae
Primula

Primula matthioli (L.) V.A.Richt.

First published in Természetrajzi Füz. 17: 134 (1894)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Temp. Eurasia. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Altay, Amur, Austria, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, China North-Central, Chita, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, France, Germany, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Mongolia, North European Russia, NW. Balkan Pen., Pakistan, Poland, Primorye, Romania, Sakhalin, South European Russia, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutiya

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Dar, G.H. & Govaerts, R.H.A. (2025). Flora of Kashmir Himalaya: Sind Valley 2: 607-1262. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehradun, India.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Komiljon, T., Natalya, B., Avazbek, B., Dilnoza, A., Ziyoviddin, Y., Deng, T. & Sun, H. (2020). Flora of the Dzhizak Province, Uzbekistan: 1-523. China Forestry Publishing House.
  • Kovtonyuk, N. (2013). Notes on the genus Primula L. section Cortusoides Balf.f. subsection Cortusa (L.) Kovt. (Primulaceae). Novosti Sistematiki Vysshikh Rastenii 44: 152-166.
  • Kovtonyuk, N.K. (2011). To the taxonomy of the Primula section Cortusoides (Primulaceae) in the flora of Russia. Botanicheskii Zhurnal. Moscow & Leningrad 96: 953-966.
  • Sennikov, A.N. (ed.) (2017). Flora of Uzbekistan 2: 1-200. Navro'z Publishers, Toshkent.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Dar, G.H. & Govaerts, R.H.A. (2025). Flora of Kashmir Himalaya: Sind Valley 2: 607-1262. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehradun, India.
  • Dudáš, M. (ed.) (2022). New floristic records from Central Europe 9 (reports 122-133). Thaiszia; Journal of Botany 32: 81-90.
  • Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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 2026. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

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