Primula matthioli (Linnaeus) V.A. Richt., Termesz. Fuzet. 17:134. 1894.
Section Cortusoides, Subsection Cortusa
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Type specimen: LINN 199.1 resides at The Linnean Society herbarium.
Reference Paper: N.K. Kovtonyuk, To Taxonomy of the Section Cortusoides Balf. F. (Primula L., Primulaceae) in the Flora of Russia. (in Russian)
Reference Paper: N.K. Kovtonyuk, Notes on the Genus Primula L. Section Cortusoides Balf. F. Subsection Cortusa (L.) Kovt. (Primulaceae). (in Russian)
Synonym: Cortusa matthioli L. Sp. Pl. 1: 144. 1753.
Synonym of P. matthioli ssp altaica: Cortusa altaica Losinsk, Tr. Bot. Inst. USSR Academy of Sciences. 1, 3: 243. 1936.
Synonym of P. matthioli ssp brotheri: Cortusa brotheri Pax ex Lipsky, Acta Horti Petrop., 18: 187. 1901.
Synonym of P. matthioli ssp discolor: Cortusa discolor Worosch. et Gorovoi, Byull. Ch. Botan. Garden of the USSR, 75: 40. 1970.
Synonym of P. matthioli ssp gmelinii: Cortusa gmelinii L., Sp. Pl. 1:144. 1753.
Synonym of P. matthioli ssp himalaica: Cortusa himalaica Losinsk, Tr. Bot. Inst. USSR Academy of Sciences 1, 3: 238. 1936.
Synonym of P. matthioli ssp mongolica: Cortusa mongolica Losinsk, Tr. Bot. Inst. USSR Academy of Sciences 1, 3: 246. 1936.
Synonym of P. matthioli ssp pekinensis: C. matthioli f. pekinensis V.A. Richt., Termesz. Füzet. 17: 190. 1894.
Synonym of P. matthioli ssp pubens: C. matthioli pubens Schott, Nyman & Kotschy, Analect. Bot. 17. 1854.
Synonym of P. matthioli ssp sachalinensis: Cortusa sachalinensis Losinsk.,Tr. Bot. Inst. USSR Academy of Sciences. 1, 3: 248.1936.
Synonym of P. matthioli ssp sibirica: Cortusa sibirica Andrz. ex Besser, Fl. 17 (1, Beibl.): 22. 1834.
Formerly described as a single species under the Genus Cortusa, recent studies have shown this species belongs under Primula. Unlike other Primulas that have filaments attached to the side of the tube, the filaments are connected into a thick ring at the base of the corolla. Across its range, P. matthioli shows continuous variation in the leaf shape and the amount of pubescence. In the past, some authorities designated the various forms as separate species (or forms and varieties), but current taxonomy has relegated them to be ssp of P. matthioli. The first reference paper described species within the distribution of Russia which orphaned some subspecies. The second reference paper describes most of those subspecies though there are possibly still some orphans (C. coreana, C. gradissima, C. jozana, C. . matthioli ssp hazarica, C. matthioli ssp iranica and C. matthioli ssp moravica). A complete set of synonyms is given in these papers.
