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Primula sinensis

Primula sinensis, or the Chinese primrose, is a flowering plant species in the genus Primula.

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Primula sinensis
Primula sinensis, a hand-coloured engraving from John Lindley's Collectanea botanica (1821) of a plant both named and drawn by Lindley
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Primulaceae
Genus: Primula
Species:
P. sinensis
Binomial name
Primula sinensis
Sabine ex Lindley, Coll. Bot. t. 7. 1821. non Loureiro (1790).1
Synonyms

Auganthus praenitens Link
Oscaria chinensis Lilja
Primula mandarina Hoffmannsegg
P. praenitens Ker Gawler
P. semperflorens Loiseleur-Deslongchamps ex Steudel
P. sertulosa Kickx f.
Primulidium sinense (Sabine ex Lindley) Spach.

Primula sinensis, (Chinese: 藏报春; pinyin: zàngbàochūn) or the Chinese primrose, is a flowering plant species in the genus Primula.

Primulin is an anthocyanin found in P. sinensis.2

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