Primula sinensis

Primula sinensis
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Primula sinensis, a hand-coloured engraving from John Lindley's Collectanea botanica (1821) of a plant both named and drawn by Lindley
Scientific classification Edit this 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).
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.

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