Primulaceae

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Primulaceae is a family of flowering plants with about 24 genera, including some favorite garden plants and wildflowers.

The following genera, traditionally categorized in Primulaceae s.l., should, according to Källersjö et al. (2000), belong to the clade of Myrsinaceae s. lat. : Anagallis, Ardisiandra, Asterolinon , Coris, Cyclamen, Glaux , Lysimachia, Pelletiera and Trientalis .

List of Genera

• Anagallis L. -- anagallis, scarlet pimpernel (now in family Myrsinaceae)
• Androsace L. -- rock jasmine, rock-jasmine, rockjasmine
• Ardisiandra Hook. f.
• Asterolinon Hoffmans. & Link.
• Bryocarpum Hook. f. & Thomson
• Coris L.
• Cortusa L.
• Cyclamen L. -- cyclamen (now in family Myrsinaceae)
• Dionysia Fenzl
• Dodecatheon L. -- shooting star, shootingstar
• Douglasia Lindl. -- dwarf-primrose
• Glaux L. -- milkwort (now in family Myrsinaceae)
• Hottonia L. -- hottonia
• Kaufmannia Regel
• Lysimachia L. -- loosestrife, yellow loosestrife, yellow pimpernel (now in family Myrsinaceae)
• Omphalogramma (Franch.) Franch.
• Pelletiera A. St.-Hil.
• Pomatosace Maxim.
• Primula L. -- primrose, cowslip, oxslip
• Samolus L. -- brookweed, waterpimpernel
• Soldanella L. -- snowbells
• Stimpsonia C.Wright ex A.Gray
• Trientalis L. -- starflower (now in family Myrsinaceae)
• Vitaliana Sesl.

Reference

Primulaceae (RBG Kew)

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.