Primula matthioli

Primula matthioli, synonym Cortusa matthioli,^[1] sometimes called alpine bells,^{[citation needed]} 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.^[1]

Alpine bells
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Primulaceae
Genus:	Primula
Species:	P. matthioli
Binomial name
Primula matthioli (L.) V.A.Richt.[1]
Subspecies
See text.
Synonyms[1]
Cortusa matthioli L.

Subspecies

Many subspecies are recognized.^[1] Some have been treated as separate species, particularly in the formerly accepted genus Cortusa.^[2]

• Primula matthioli subsp. altaica (Losinsk.) Kovt., syn. Cortusa altaica
• Primula matthioli subsp. brotheri (R.Knuth) Kovt., syns. Cortusa brotheri, Primula brotheri
• Primula matthioli subsp. discolor (Vorosch. & Gorovoj) Kovt., syn. Cortusa discolor
• Primula matthioli subsp. himalaica (Losinsk.) Kovt., syn. Cortusa himalaica
• Primula matthioli subsp. matthioli , syns. Cortusa gradissima, Primula cortusa
• Primula matthioli subsp. mongolica (Losinsk.) Kovt., syn. Cortusa mongolica
• Primula matthioli subsp. pekinensis (V.A.Richt.) Kovt., syns. Cortusa coreana, Cortusa pekinensis, Primula coreana
• Primula matthioli subsp. pubens (Schott, Nyman & Kotschy) Kovt., syn. Cortusa pubens
• Primula matthioli subsp. sachalinensis (Losinsk.) Kovt., syns. Cortusa amurensis, Cortusa jozana, Cortusa sachalinensis
• Primula matthioli subsp. sibirica (Andrz. ex Besser) Kovt., syns. Cortusa insularis, Cortusa jacutica, Cortusa sibirica
• Primula matthioli subsp. turkestanica (Losinsk.) Kovt., syn. Cortusa turkestanica