Primula hookeri
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Internal ID | UUID64404c1c5167c685813466 |
Scientific name | Primula hookeri |
Authority | G.Watt |
First published in | J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 14 (1882) |
Description Top
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Primula hookeri, also known as Hooker's primrose, is a perennial plant found in the Eastern Himalayas, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, Northeast India, and parts of China. It grows at high altitudes of 3,900-5,000 meters and has leaves that are 1.5-4 centimeters long. The leaves emerge from reddish scales and the scapes, or flower stalks, are less than 3 millimeters long. The flowers are white or bluish-violet with a stamen and have a tube that is 7-8 millimeters long and a limb that is 7-10 millimeters wide. The lobes of the corolla are oblong and nearly erect with a slightly emarginated apex. The plant also has linear and subulate bracts that are 5-7 millimeters long and glandular pedicels that are 1-2 millimeters long. The flowers are yellow and the calyx is bell-shaped and glandular, measuring 5-8 millimeters in length. Overall, Primula hookeri is a unique and beautiful species of primrose found in the high altitudes of the Himalayas and surrounding regions.
Synonyms Top
Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
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Primula vernicosa | Kingdon-Ward ex Balf.f. | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 9: 203 (1916) |
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!Language | Common/alternative name |
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Chinese | 胡克报春 |
Chinese | 春花脆蒴报春 |
Varieties (abbr. var.) Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!Name | Authority | First published in |
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Primula hookeri var. violacea | (W.W.Sm.) C.M.Hu | Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 59(2): 97 (1990) |
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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
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- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
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Asia-temperate click to expand
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China
- China South-central
- Tibet
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China
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Indian Subcontinent
- East Himalaya
- Nepal
- West Himalaya
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Indo-China
- Myanmar
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Indian Subcontinent
Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!Database | ID/link to page |
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World Flora Online | wfo-0001106014 |
Tropicos | 26401365 |
KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:702051-1 |
The Plant List | tro-26401365 |
Open Tree Of Life | 5738248 |
NCBI Taxonomy | 2763000 |
IPNI | 702051-1 |
GBIF | 7290842 |
EOL | 2891946 |
Wikipedia | Primula_hookeri |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
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Scientific Literature Top
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The complete chloroplast genome of Primula amethystina subsp. argutidens (Primulaceae) | Wang SB, Liu YQ, Zhang L, Li R, Huang Y | Mitochondrial DNA B Resour | 06-Jul-2023 |
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The complete chloroplast genome of Primula vialii (Primulaceae), an ornamental plant | Liu Y, Zhang L, Wang S, Li R, Huang Y | Mitochondrial DNA B Resour | 31-May-2023 |
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