Contains 1 genera and 1 accepted taxa overall.
This family is completely databased for all specimens.
Characteristics
PRIMULACEAE
Dicot
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This family may likely need to be expanded to include Myrsinaceae, Samolaceae, and Theophrastaceae.
Classification
ERICALES
PRIMULACEAE
Genera
| Genus | Common Name | Taxa Count | Herbarium Specimens | Photos |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primula | PRIMROSE | 1 |
[Family identification key]
1. Herbs
2
1. Shrubs or trees
4
2. Leaves in a basal rosette; inflorescence an umbel
2. Leaves cauline or basal; inflorescence a raceme, panicle, or flowers solitary
2
3. Flowers solitary
3. Flowers in a raceme or panicle
4. Leaf blade spinose at the tip
4. Leaf blade generally rounded, obtuse, or emarginate at the tip, sometimes with a mucro
5
5. Inflorescences in numerous subsessile fascicles along 3-30 cm of the stem, all to nearly half of it occurring below the leafy parts of the stem, the flowers subsessile
5. Inflorescences pedunculate and/or the flowers pedicellate, terminal or axillary, above or interspersed with the leaves or below the leafy parts of the stems
6
6. Inflorescence umbellate or paniculate; staminodes absent; fruit drupaceous, seed
6. Inflorescence racemose; staminodes at apex of corolla tube; fruit a berry, seeds 2-8