PRIMULACEAE
NB The family Primulaceae under APG IV includes families formerly treated separately closely to Primulaceae. This is also the case for the former family Myrsiniaceae, which is now subfamily Myrsinoideae (here you can find it under Primulaceae (Myrsinaceae). This Plant Portrait describes the subfamily Primuloideae.
Morphological description
Herbs.
Leaves
Leaves simple, penninerved, exstipulate. Usually spiral or in a rosette.
Inflorescence
Inflorescence.
Flowers
Flower usually actinomorphic, bisexual, calyx dentate, corolla tubular, stamens on tube opposite the lobes; ovary superior, 1-celled, ovules numerous.
Fruit
Fruit a capsule.
Seed
Seed.
Different from: Myrsinoideae: mostly woody, fruit a drupe.
Distribution: The family best represented in the northern hemisphere. In Malesia 3 genera, including Lysimachia (worldwide), erect or prostrate herbs, mostly montane.
Notes: Primula prolifera is a potential ornamental.
Literature: P.A. J. Bentvelzen, Fl. Males. I, 6 (1962) 173-192.
Spot characters (Van Balgooy): Primulaceae 83 - Lysimachia 59.
Illustrations: Fig. 152. Lysimachia sikokiana Miq. (Primulaceae). a. Habit; b. flower; c. androecium; d. flower, stamens and petals removed; b-d enlarged. Reproduced from Flora Malesiana I, 6 (1962) 179, fig. 2a-d. a d b c.
Image in PhytoImages for Primulaceae