Primulaceae
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{{Taxobox | color = lightgreen | name = Primrose family | image = English Primrose.JPG | image_width = 200px | image_caption = Primula vulgaris | regnum = Plantae | divisio = Magnoliophyta | classis = Magnoliopsida | ordo = Ericales | familia = Primulaceae | familia_authority = Ventenat | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = See text. }}
Primulaceae is a family of flowering plants with about 24 genera, including some favorite garden plants and wildflowers.
List of Genera
- Androsace L. -- rock jasmine, rock-jasmine, rockjasmine
- Bryocarpum Hook. f. & Thomson
- Cortusa L.
- Dionysia Fenzl
- Dodecatheon L. -- shooting star, shootingstar
- Douglasia Lindl. -- dwarf-primrose
- Hottonia L. -- hottonia
- Kaufmannia Regel
- Omphalogramma (Franch.) Franch.
- Pomatosace Maxim.
- Primula L. -- primrose, cowslip, oxslip
- Samolus L. -- brookweed, waterpimpernel
- Soldanella L. -- snowbells
- Stimpsonia C.Wright ex A.Gray
- Vitaliana Sesl.
The following genera, traditionally included in Primulaceae, should, according to Källersjö et al. (2000), belong to the family Myrsinaceae:
- Anagallis L. -- anagallis, scarlet pimpernel
- Ardisiandra Hook. f.
- Asterolinon Hoffmans. & Link.
- Coris L.
- Cyclamen L. -- cyclamen
- Glaux L. -- sea milkwort
- Lysimachia L. -- loosestrife, yellow loosestrife, yellow pimpernel
- Pelletiera A. St.-Hil.
- Trientalis L. -- starflower
References
Källersjö, M., G. Bergqvist & A. A. Anderberg. 2000. Generic realignment in primuloid families of the Ericales s. l.: a phylogenetic analysis based on DNA sequences from three chloroplast genes and morphology. Amer. J. Bot. 87: 1325–1341.Template:Plant-stub
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