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425.0000 Family Primulaceae Batsch ex Borkh.; Bot. Wörterb. 2: 240 (1797), nom. cons.
60 genera, ca. 3150 spp. The family had been split up in the recent past, but was recombined and treated sensu lato in APG III (2009)
Species listed in database: 3312; hybrids: 69
= Aegicerataceae Blume; Nov. Pl. Expos. 17 (1833)
= Anagallidaceae Batsch ex Borkh.; Bot. Wörterb. 1: 19 (1797)
= Ardisiaceae Juss.; Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 15: 350 (1810)
= Coridaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl. 332 (1858)
= Embeliaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl. 140 (1858)
= Hottoniaceae Döll; Fl. Baden [Döll] 2: 641. med (1858)
= Lysimachiaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 95 (1789), Family
= Maesaceae (A.DC.) Anderb., Stahl & Källersjö; Taxon 49: 185 (2000), Family
= Myrsinaceae R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 532 (1810), nom. cons., Family
= Samolaceae Raf.; Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5: 349 (1820)
= Theophrastaceae G.Don; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. 21: ad t. 1764 (1835), nom. cons.
425.3002 Genus Primula L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 142 (1753)
Distribution: Northern Hemisphere (esp. China [ca. 300] and Russia [ca. 80]) south to Ethiopia, tropical Asia, few species in the Southern Hemisphere, montane Java and New Guinea; 1 in temp. S-America. Because of long cultivation and high interest for garden culture, there are considerable differences in species circumscription, especially in the Himalayan species.
Species listed in database: 539; hybrids: 42
= Aleuritia (Duby) Opiz; Oekon.-Techn. Fl. Böhm. [Berchtold et al.] 2(2): 193-195 (1839)
= Aretia Link; Handbuch [Link] 2: 411 (1831), nom. illeg.
= Auganthus Link; Handbuch [Link] 1: 415 (1829)
= Auricula Hill; Brit. Herb. [Hill] 98 (1756)
= Auricula-ursi Ség.; Pl. Veron. 3: 109 (1754)
= Cankrienia de Vriese; Jaarb. Kon. Ned. Maatsch. Aanm. Tuinb. 1: 30 (1850)
= Carolinella Hemsl.; Hooker´s Icon. Pl. 28: t. 2726 (1902)
= Cortusa L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 144 (1753)
= Kablikia Opiz; Oekon.-Techn. Fl. Böhm. [Berchtold et al.] 2(2): 215-216 (1839)
= Oscaria Lilja; Bot. Not. 39 (1839)
= Paralysis Hill; Brit. Herb. [Hill] 68 (1756), nom. superfl.
= Primulidium Spach; Hist. Nat. Vég. [Spach] 9: 354 (1840)
= Sredinskya (Stein) Fed.; Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 13: 201 (1950)
= xCortoprimula Zeman; Freiland-Laubgehölze [Silva Tarouca], ed. 2, 1: 166 (1922)

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