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Genus: Primula Life
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> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Order: Ericales
> Family: Primulaceae
About 490-600 species, native to the Northern Hemisphere,
with the distribution extending southwards to Ethiopia, Indonesia, New Guinea
and the southern tip of South America. Twelve species are cultivated in southern Africa.
Species cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Primula beesiana
Native to China. |
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Primula elatior (Oxlip)
Native from Europe to Iran. |
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Primula florindae
Native to China. |
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Primula forbesii
Native to Burma and China. |
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Primula frondosa
Native from Sweden to Bulgaria. |
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Primula malacoides
Native from India to China. |
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Primula obconica
Native to China. |
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Primula prolifera
Native to northeastern India and Indonesia. |
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Primula sinensis (Chinese
primrose)
Native to China. |
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Primula veris (Cowslip)
Native from Europe to Iran. |
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Primula verticillata
Native to northeastern Africa and Arabia. |
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Primula vulgaris (primrose)
Native from North Africa to Russia. |
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