New Flora of Nepal

At present, the only online information on Primula specific to Nepal is in the form of an online checklist at Efloras.That is changing with the new Flora of Nepal project, created by a partnership between the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, several Nepalese institutions: Government of...

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Britain and Tibet by Julie G. Marshall

I finally finished going through this book! It isn't a book that you read, not one with a story, but rather it is a list of publications where the subject is the relationships between Britain and Tibet, Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan from 1765-1947. There are 4020 references listed and they...

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Joseph Rock

Joseph Rock (1884-1962) was a botanist and explorer whose connection to Primula is through his botanical collections made in SW China (Yunnan, Sichuan, SW Gansu, E Tibet), Burma and Assam. He collected Primula rockii which is named for him but he also made type collections...

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Style Position

A feature of primulas is their heterostyly nature. Almost all Primulas have a pin form (where the level of the stigma is above the anthers) and a thrum form (where the level of the stigma is below the anthers). Thrum and Pin forms of Primula polyneura   Pin and thrum forms of...

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Location, Location, Location

Real-estate agents often advertise the value of location when selling property. Similarly, location is an important piece of information when trying to identify Primula. GPS coordinates give an exact location which is useful when trying to locate a plant again, but even a general location...

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The Genus Primula L. in India : A Taxonomic Revision by S.K. Basak, G. Maiti & P.K. Hajra

  A new Primula book has been published in 2014 on the 106 species of Primula in India. I must admit, I was thrilled to find out about this new book and eagerly anticipated its arrival at my doorstep after ordering from Vedam Books. It now is available through other book sellers...

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Primula ambita in the Wild

Primula ambita was first described by I.B. Balfour based on specimens collected by Jean Py on behalf of Father Ducloux in 1909 in the region between Kunming and Dali, Yunnan. In 1915, it was collected by Heinrich Handel-Mazzetti and described by him as the synonym Primula flavicans. The...

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