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