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