Primulales

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Table of contents

1 Placement
2 Synonyms and common names
3 Reference
4 Text
5 Children

Placement

Kingdom Plantae

Subkingdom Tracheobionta

Division Magnoliophyta -- angiosperms, flowering plants

Class Magnoliopsida -- dicotyledons

Subclass Dilleniidae

Order Primulales

Synonyms and common names

In the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification this order is submerged in the Ericales

Reference

http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=500027
as of 2002-06-05

Text

Children

Myrsinaceae (myrsine) - 10 genera

Primulaceae (primrose) - 13 genera
Theophrastaceae (joewood) - ITIS shows 2 genera with very similar names which are quite likely synonyms. Delta http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/angio/www/theophra.htm shows this family to have 5 genera with 110 species.