Primula gracilipesCraib

WFO wfo-0001105531 Accepted WFO 2026-06 3 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–c · 3 separate observations

Primula gracilipes, photographed by desertnaturalist
fig. a desertnaturalist, CC BY 4.0 / 1997-05-16 / obs. 65685312
Primula gracilipes, photographed by Simon Tonge
fig. b Simon Tonge, CC0 1.0 / obs. 60776217
Primula gracilipes, photographed by Kirsten
fig. c Kirsten, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 68180740

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Native range 4 botanical countries

Regions where Primula gracilipes is native: Tibet, East Himalaya, Nepal, West Himalaya TibetEast HimalayaNepalWest Himalaya
Native distribution of Primula gracilipes, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
East Himalaya EHM ASIA-TROPICAL
Nepal NEP
West Himalaya WHM
Tibet CHT ASIA-TEMPERATE

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 6 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Primula gracilipes subsp. sulphurea (Hook.f.) A.J.Richards
  • Primula gracilipes var. searightii Craib
  • Primula nana G.Watt
  • Primula petiolaris var. sulphurea Hook.f.
  • Primula scullyi Craib
  • Primula sulphurea (Hook.f.) Craib

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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