Primulales - Definition and Overview

Primulales is an order of dicots in the subclass Dilleniidae.

Synonyms and common names

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

Reference

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

Taxa

Families

• Myrsinaceae (myrsine) - 10 genera
• Primulaceae (primrose) - 13 genera
• Theophrastaceae (joewood) - ITIS shows 2 genera with very similar names which are quite likely synonyms. Delta [1] (http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/angio/www/theophra.htm) shows this family to have 5 genera with 110 species.