Primula sinensis | |
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Primula sinensis, a hand-coloured engraving from John Lindley's Collectanea botanica (1821) of a plant both named and drawn by Lindley | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | 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). |
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Synonyms | |
Auganthus praenitens Link |
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, the Chinese primrose or 藏报春 (zang bao chun) in Chinese, is a plant species in the genus Primula.
Primulin is an anthocyanin found in P. sinensis.