Primula

See also: primula and prímula

Translingual

Primula veris (cowslip primrose)

Etymology

Named by botanist Carl von Linnaeus (1707-1778) after Latin primus "first" because it flowers early.[1][2]

Proper noun

Primula f

A taxonomic genus within the family Primulaceae – primroses.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids - clades; Ericales - order; Primulaceae - family; Primuloideae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(genus): Primula veris - type species; for other species see Primula on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

Primula on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Primula on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Primula on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Hyam, Roger & Pankhurst, Richard, Plants and their Names. A Concise Dictionary, Oxford University Press, US, 1995.
Erhardt, Walter & Götz, Erich & Bödeker, Nils & Seybold, Siegmund, Zander. Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen. Dictionary of plant names. Dictionnaire des noms de plantes, Ulmer, 2000.

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