Primula sinensis

Primula sinensis, (Chinese: 藏报春; pinyin: zàngbàochūn) or the Chinese primrose, is a plant species in the genus Primula.

Primula sinensis
Primula sinensis, a hand-coloured engraving from John Lindley's Collectanea botanica (1821) of a plant both named and drawn by Lindley
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Primulaceae
Genus:	Primula
Species:	P. sinensis
Binomial name
Primula sinensis Sabine ex Lindley, Coll. Bot. t. 7. 1821. non Loureiro (1790).[1]
Synonyms
Auganthus praenitens Link Oscaria chinensis Lilja Primula mandarina Hoffmannsegg P. praenitens Ker Gawler P. semperflorens Loiseleur-Deslongchamps ex Steudel P. sertulosa Kickx f. Primulidium sinense (Sabine ex Lindley) Spach.

Primulin is an anthocyanin found in P. sinensis.[2]

References

1. Primula sinensis on eFlora.org
2. 3. Flavonoids in genotypes of Primula sinensis, J. B. Harborne and H. S. A. Sherratt, Plant Polyphenols, 1960