Batsch, A.J.G.C. (1794), Synopsis universalis analytica generum plantarum 2: 384 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Primula L.

• Comment: Validated via an indirect reference in the preface to a previously-published diagnosis and description (as Primulae) by Batsch, Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens. 32, 59 (1786).

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 268 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 91 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 300 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 452 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 676 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "A family which takes its name from Primula..."

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 359 [secondary reference]

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 257 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1967), Angiospermae: Plumbaginaceae to Salicaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 3: 466-467 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 300-301 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 517-519 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Primulaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 271 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Primulaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 269 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Primulaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 196 [secondary reference]

Makinson, R.O. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Primulaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 504 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Primulaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 275 [secondary reference]

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Makinson, R.O. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Primulaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 504 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 809 [secondary reference]

The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2003), An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 141(4): 420 [secondary reference]

Anderberg, A.A. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2004), Primulaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 6: 313-319, Fig.101 [secondary reference]

Thorne, R.F. & Reveal, J.L. (2007), An Updated Classification of the Class Magnoliopsida ("Angiospermae"). Botanical Review 73(2): 122 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Lysimachiaceae Juss. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Coridaceae J.Agardh legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Primulae Batsch ex Borkh. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Myrsinaceae R.Br. nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Samolaceae Raf. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Theophrastaceae G.Don nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Maesaceae Anderb., B.Stahl & Källersjö legitimate

• APC Comment: Myrsinaceae (comprising Anagallis and Lysimachia) and Theophrastaceae (comprising Samolus) are recognised as distinct taxa in Tas.
• APC Dist.: WA (native and naturalised), ChI, NT (native and naturalised), SA (native and naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised), NSW (native and naturalised), LHI (native and naturalised), NI (native and naturalised), ACT (native and naturalised), Vic (native and naturalised), Tas (native and naturalised)

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 698-700, 937 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Myrsinaceae R.Br. nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Samolaceae Raf. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Aegicerataceae Blume legitimate taxonomic synonym: Theophrastaceae G.Don nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Maesaceae Anderb., B.Stahl & Källersjö legitimate

The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009), An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161(2): 116 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Myrsinaceae R.Br. nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Theophrastaceae G.Don nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Maesaceae Anderb., B.Stahl & Källersjö legitimate

Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 26 (photo) [secondary reference]

common name: Pimpernel [n/a]

Sennikov, A. (2016), (2443–2448) Proposals to change the author, place, and date of publication of Actinidiaceae, Eucommiaceae, Lardizabalaceae, Melanthiaceae, Primulaceae and Theaceae. Taxon 65(3): 634 [secondary reference]

Applequist, W.L. (April 2017), Report of the Nomenclature Committee for Vascular Plants: 69. Taxon 66(2): 507 [secondary reference]

• Text: "(2447) To change the author, place, and date of publication of Primulaceae Batsch, nom. cons. Proposed by A.N. Sennikov in Taxon 65: 633–634. 2016. Votes: 13–3–2 (recommended)."

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