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Primulaceae

Primula

Primula erosa (Wall. ex Duby) Regel

First published in Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 11: 333 (1853)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is Himalaya. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution
Synonyms
Classification
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Other data

Native to:

East Himalaya, Nepal, West Himalaya

Homotypic Synonyms

Primula denticulata var. erosa Wall. ex Duby in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 45 (1844)

Heterotypic Synonyms

Primula fortunei Moore in Floral Mag. (London) 1: t. 7 (1861)

Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Streptophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Subclass Magnoliidae
Order
Ericales

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Family
Primulaceae

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Genus
Primula

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Species
Primula erosa

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Basak, S.K., Maiti, G. & Hajra, P.K. (2014). The Genus Primula L. in India: 1-668. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun.
Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2021). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 3: 1-331. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

Basak, S.K., Maiti, G. & Hajra, P.K. (2014). The Genus Primula L. in India: 1-668. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun.
Kumar, S. (2012). Herbaceous flora of Jaunsar-Bawar (Uttarkhand), India: enumerations. Phytotaxonomy 12: 33-56.

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1
- Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0