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Primula L.

Esikot Primrose Cowslip
Primula, Biota of North America Program (query database) [BONAP]
Primula, Den Virtuella Floran [DVF]

Foodplants for Agrochola nitida, Amblyptilia punctidactyla, Ctenoplusia limbirena, Diarsia florida, Hadena caesia, Noctua janthina, Opigena polygona

600x802 (~55Kb) FINLAND: Ka: Virolahti, Virojoki 671:53, 24.5.1997 (cultivated), Photo © Markku Savela

The exact identification of this species is still unknown, but tentatively assumed to belong into this group.

Primula elatior (L.) Hill

Etelänkevätesikko Oxlip Lundviva
Primula elatior ; [RK, 216]
?Primula officinalis elatior ; [SK, 454]

Primula veris L.

Kevätesikko Cowslip Gullviva
Primula officinalis L.
Primula veris, Bilder ur Nordens Flora (in Swedish) [RUNEBERG]
Primula veris ; [RK, 216]
Primula officinalis L.; [SK, 454]

876x886 (~52Kb) Finland, Nokia, Luotosaari, 27.5.1991, Photo © Harri Arkkio

782x1120 (~56Kb) Finland, Tampere, Rantaperkiö, 25.5.1988, Photo © Harri Arkkio

1024x768 (~114Kb) Russia, Kaluga area, 09.05.2007, Photo © D. Smirnov

Foodplant for Falseuncaria ruficiliana, Hamearis lucina, Monochroa servella, Noctua (noctua) pronuba, N. fimbriata, Polia nebulosa, Polymixis (noctua) polymita

Primula farinosa L.

Jauhoesikko Bird's-eye Primrose Majviva
?Primula farinosa var. obesior Norm.
Primula farinosa, Bilder ur Nordens Flora (in Swedish) [RUNEBERG]
Primula farinosa ; [RK, 216]; [GMBOT, 455]
Primula farinosa var. obesior Norm.; [SK, 455]
Primula farinosa ; [SK, 454]

935x907 (~101Kb) Estonia: Hiiumaa, Kõrgessaare, 27.6.2006, Photo © Harri Arkkio

772x956 (~91Kb) Estonia: Hiiumaa, Pühalepa, Kukka, 26.6.2006, Photo © Harri Arkkio

Foodplant for Falseuncaria ruficiliana

P. f. var. americana Torr.

Primula farinosa var. americana ; [GMBOT, 644]

P. f. var. macropoda Fernald

Primula farinosa var. macropoda ; [GMBOT, 644]

Primula stricta Hornem.

Lapinesikko Lappviva
Primula stricta ; [RK, 216]
Primula farinosa var. stricta ; [SK, 455]

Primula nutans Georgi

P. n. var. jokelae L. Mäkinen & Y. Mäkinen

Ruijanesikko Strandviva
Primula sibirica ssp. finmarchica (Jacq.); Hultén p.p.
Primula finmarchica Jacq. p.p.
Primula nutans var. jokelae ; [RK, 216]

Primula nivalis Pall.

Primula nivalis ; [Oleg Kosterin]

559x800 (~176Kb) An alpine meadow at the bank of the left headwater of the Chikty Rivulet, 2500 m above sea level, the southern principal slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 10th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

784x502 (~158Kb) Alpine headwaters of the rivulet descending from the southerm principal slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range between the Chikty and Akbul Rivulets, 2600 m above sea level, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 11th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

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References:

[BONAP]

A Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands; A data base interface; BONAP U.S. Checklist - 1998; Provided by TAMU-BWG; Texas A & M Bioinformatics Working Group; Based on; Biota of North America Program

[D. Smirnov]

Russia, Moscow; e-mail: D. Smirnov

[DVF]

Den Virtuella floran; http://linnaeus.nrm.se/flora/welcome.html; Ett projekt vid Naturhistoriska riksmuseet (Stockholm, Sweden).; Even for non-Swedish speaker, the distribution maps on species are nice (map buttons "Norden" and "Norra halvklotet")

[GMBOT]

Robinson, Benjamin, Fernald, Lyndon, 1908; Gray's New Manual of Botany (7th edition); A Handbook of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of the Central and Northeastern United States and adjacent Canada; American Book Company

[Harri Arkkio]

Finland; For the time being these pictures are only for this site. Other usage not allowed.

[Oleg Kosterin]

Institue of Cytology & Genetics; Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk; e-mail: Oleg Kosterin; http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/

[RK]

Hämet-Ahti, L., Suominen, J., Ulvinen, T. & Uotila, P. (eds), 1998; Retkeilykasvio (Field Flora of Finland); Ed. 4. 656 pp.; Finnish Museum of Natural History, Botanical Museum. Helsinki

[RUNEBERG]

Project Runeberg: Nordic literature online; Project Runeberg; Bilder ur Nordens Fauna (Carl Axel Magnus Lindman)

[SK]

Mela & Cajander, 1906; Suomen Kasvio; Viides painos

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Keep in mind that the taxonomic information is copied from various sources, and may include many inaccuracies. Expert help is welcome.