Primula matthioli
Primula matthioli, synonym Cortusa matthioli, sometimes called alpine bells, is a flowering plant with a wide distribution in the Palearctic, both in Europe and in temperate Asia, from Siberia in the north to Afghanistan, Pakistan and China in the south.
Subspecies
Many subspecies are recognized. Some have been treated as separate species, particularly in the formerly accepted genus Cortusa.- Primula matthioli subsp. altaica Kovt., syn. Cortusa altaica
- Primula matthioli subsp. brotheri Kovt., syns. Cortusa brotheri, Primula brotheri
- Primula matthioli subsp. discolor Kovt., syn. Cortusa discolor
- Primula matthioli subsp. himalaica Kovt., syn. Cortusa himalaica
- Primula matthioli subsp. matthioli, syns. Cortusa gradissima, Primula cortusa
- Primula matthioli subsp. mongolica Kovt., syn. Cortusa mongolica
- Primula matthioli subsp. pekinensis Kovt., syns. Cortusa coreana, Cortusa pekinensis, Primula coreana
- Primula matthioli subsp. pubens Kovt., syn. Cortusa pubens
- Primula matthioli subsp. sachalinensis Kovt., syns. Cortusa amurensis, Cortusa jozana, Cortusa sachalinensis
- Primula matthioli subsp. sibirica Kovt., syns. Cortusa insularis, Cortusa jacutica, Cortusa sibirica
- Primula matthioli subsp. turkestanica Kovt., syn. ''Cortusa turkestanica''