Primula L.
Publ. & Syn.?Polemonium hyperboreum Tolm., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 273 (1927). - ?Polemonium pulcherrimum subsp. hyperboreum (Tolm.) Á. Löve & D. Löve, Bot. Not. 128: 517 (1976).
NotesTrift et al. (2002), based on cpDNA sequences, found Primula as traditionally circumscribed to be paraphyletic and found that several other genera should be included, among these Dodecatheon and Cortusa. Dodecatheon connects to Primula sect. Auriculastrum and Cortusa to Primula sect. Auganthus (with, e.g., P. cortusoides). This view have found support in some subsequent studies (see Cholewa and Kelso 2009). As this cluster also contains some very deviant genera like Soldanella and even Hottonia, it may be more appropriate to transfer some sections of Primula to other genera (or to wait for more genes to be analysed). The arctic representatives of Primula belong within the main, monophyletic core of the genus and will not be involved in the possible turbulence.
       The majority of the arctic species belong to sect. and subsect. Aleuritia. A recent study by Guggisberg et al. (2006) elucidated the relationships among these species and vs. sect. Armerina and is commented on below.
Chromosomes(1) 18 (2x). - Alaska, Canada (W). - Several reports.
(2) 36 (4x). - Alaska. - Knaben (1968, might be an occasional autotetraploid).
GeographyAmphi-Beringian - Cordilleran: SIB? RFE ALA CAN.
Parent taxonPrimulaceae
Child taxa Primula anvilensis S. Kelso
Primula borealis Duby
Primula cuneifolia Ledeb.
Primula egaliksensis Wormsk. ex Hornem.
Primula elatior (L.) Hill
Primula incana M.E. Jones
Primula laurentiana Fernald
Primula mistassinica Michx.
Primula nutans Georgi
Primula pumila (Ledeb.) Pax
Primula stricta Hornem.
Primula tschuktschorum Kjellm.
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Panarctic Flora Editor-in-Chief: Reidar Elven (Natural History Museum, University of Oslo)
Editorial Committee: Reidar Elven, David F. Murray (Museum of the North, University of Alaska), Volodya Yu. Razzhivin (Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences), Boris A. Yurtsev [deceased] (Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences)