Primula matthioli

Primula matthioli, synonym Cortusa matthioli,[1] sometimes called alpine bells, is a flowering plant with a wide distribution in the Palearctic, both in Europe and in temperate Asia, from Siberia in the north to Afghanistan, Pakistan and China in the south.[1]

Alpine bells
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Primulaceae
Genus: Primula
Species:
P. matthioli
Binomial name
Primula matthioli
(L.) V.A.Richt.[1]
Subspecies

See text.

Synonyms[1]
  • Cortusa matthioli L.

Subspecies

Many subspecies are recognized.[1] Some have been treated as separate species, particularly in the formerly accepted genus Cortusa.[2]

  • Primula matthioli subsp. altaica (Losinsk.) Kovt., syn. Cortusa altaica
  • Primula matthioli subsp. brotheri (R.Knuth) Kovt., syns. Cortusa brotheri, Primula brotheri
  • Primula matthioli subsp. discolor (Vorosch. & Gorovoj) Kovt., syn. Cortusa discolor
  • Primula matthioli subsp. himalaica (Losinsk.) Kovt., syn. Cortusa himalaica
  • Primula matthioli subsp. matthioli , syns. Cortusa gradissima, Primula cortusa
  • Primula matthioli subsp. mongolica (Losinsk.) Kovt., syn. Cortusa mongolica
  • Primula matthioli subsp. pekinensis (V.A.Richt.) Kovt., syns. Cortusa coreana, Cortusa pekinensis, Primula coreana
  • Primula matthioli subsp. pubens (Schott, Nyman & Kotschy) Kovt., syn. Cortusa pubens
  • Primula matthioli subsp. sachalinensis (Losinsk.) Kovt., syns. Cortusa amurensis, Cortusa jozana, Cortusa sachalinensis
  • Primula matthioli subsp. sibirica (Andrz. ex Besser) Kovt., syns. Cortusa insularis, Cortusa jacutica, Cortusa sibirica
  • Primula matthioli subsp. turkestanica (Losinsk.) Kovt., syn. Cortusa turkestanica

References
  1. "Primula matthioli (L.) V.A.Richt." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
  2. "Search for Cortusa". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
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