Comparative images of this family are given below, except for Androsace, Ardisia, EmbeliaLysimachia and Primula (which can be seen at these links):
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Aegiceras corniculatum (L.) Blanco (SE. China to Tropical Asia and N. Australia, Lord Howe Island: Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Cambodia, China Southeast, Hainan, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Norfolk Is., Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO)

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Anagallis arvensis L. var. arvensis (Europe to Central Asia and Himalaya, N. Africa to Ethiopia and Arabian Peninsula: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Burundi, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Central European Rus, Chad, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Gulf States, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kriti, Krym, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Selvagens, Sicilia, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, South European Russi, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Western Sahara, Yemen, Yugoslavia; Introduced into: Alabama, Angola, Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Ascension, Assam, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, British Columbia, California, Cape Provinces, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China Southeast, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Crozet Is., Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Easter Is., Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Free State, Georgia, Greenland, Guatemala, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iowa, Jamaica, Japan, Juan Fernández Is., Kansas, Kazan-retto, Kentucky, Kenya, Kermadec Is., Kirgizstan, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Caledonia, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Nigeria, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Nova Scotia, Ogasawara-shoto, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Peru, Primorye, Puerto Rico, Québec, Rhode I., Réunion, South Carolina, St.Helena, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Tristan da Cunha, Uruguay, Utah, Venezuela, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Zimbabwe as per POWO)

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Anagallis arvensis var. caerulea (L.) Gouan (Europe, Macaronesia to W. Nepal: Afghanistan, Albania, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Central European Rus, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Morocco, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Netherlands, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, South European Russi, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Yugoslavia; Introduced into: Japan, Mauritius, Mexico Central, New Caledonia, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Réunion as per POWO (Lysimachia arvensis var. caerulea (L.) Turland & Bergmeier))

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Bonellia macrocarpa subsp. macrocarpa (Introduced) (Mexico to Honduras: Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest; Introduced into: Florida, Vietnam as per POWO)

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Bryocarpum himalaicum Hook.f. & Thomson (SE-Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim as per Catalogue of Life)

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Cyclamen persicum Mill. (Introduced) (Tunisia, Algeria, Turkey (Inner Anatolia, S-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia), Cyprus (N-Cyprus, S-Cyprus), Crete, East Aegaean Isl., Rhodos, Israel (coastal W-Israel, coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley, N-Israel), Jordania (W-Jordania), Lebanon (coastal W-Lebanon), Myanmar [Burma] (I), Colombia (c), Java (I), China (I) as per CoL)

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Jacquinia arborea Vahl (Introduced) (USA (Florida), Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Isl. (Anegada, Guana, Jost van Dyke, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda), Lesser Antilles (Barbados, Montserrat, Saba, St. Lucia), Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Mexico (Quintana Roo), Honduras as per Catalogue of Life)
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Maesa ramentacea (Roxb.) A. DC. (China (Yunnan, Guangxi) to Tropical Asia: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO)

  


Myrsine africana L. (South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.), Lesotho, Swaziland, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Socotra, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, D.R. Congo (Zaire), Angola, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda, Afghanistan (Kunar / Nuristan), Pakistan (Chitral, Baluchistan, Peshawar, Swat, Hazara, Murree), Jammu & Kashmir (Poonch, Kashmir), Taiwan, China (Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangdong), Taiwan, Tibet, India, Nepal, Saudi Arabia (Asir), Yemen (Inner Hadhramaut, N-Inner Yemen, W-Yemen), Azores (Santa Maria Isl., Sao Miguel Isl., Terceira, Graciosa, Sao Jorge, Pico, Faial, Flores Isl., Corvo Isl.) as per Catalogue of life)

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Myrsine seguinii H. Lév. (China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Taiwan, Tibet, Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu), Ryukyu Isl., Vietnam, Nepal, Bhutan, Darjeeling, Malaysia, peninsular Thailand, Nicobars (Central Nicobars), Myanmar [Burma] (Chin, Kachin, Mandalay, Mon, Shan), Laos as per Catalogue of Life)
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Myrsine semiserrata Wall. (China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan), Tibet, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, N-Thailand, Myanmar [Burma] (Chin, Kachin, Magway, Mandalay, Taninthayi), Pakistan (Murree), Pakistani Kashmir (Mirpur), Jammu & Kashmir (Poonch), Laos, Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life)
  
    


Myrsine wightiana Wall. (S-India, Sri Lanka as per Catalogue of life)

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Samolus valerandi L. (Temp. & Subtropical Old World to Tropical Mountains: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belgium, Botswana, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, Nigeria, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Somalia, Spain, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Western Sahara, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe as per POWO)

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Keys of Myrsinaceae from Flora of Bhutan
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1. Ovary semi-inferior on pedicels with 2 bracteoles; fruit a many-seeded berry surrounded by fleshy calyx tube and crowned with persistent sepals  …. 1. Maesa
+ Ovary superior, pedicels without bracteoles; fruit a 1-seeded drupe free from calyx . .. 2
2. Flowers in dense or lax fascicles (on very short scaly branchlets), in leaf axils or on old wood . . 3
+ Flowers in terminal or axillary umbels, racemes or panicles on short to long peduncles . . . .. 5
3. Pedicels 10-14mm; petals acuminate 7-8mm, fruit c 10mm diameter …. 7. Antistrophe
+ Pedicels 1-8mm; petals obtuse or acute 2-3mm, fruit c 4mm diameter ….. 4
4. Leaves acuminate, serrulate at least near apex; flowers on short slender pedicels 2-8mm; stigmas fimbriate …. 2. Myrsine
+  Leaves acute or bluntly pointed, entire; flowers subsessile on very short thick pedicels; stigma elongate, flattened, curved … 3. Rapanea
5. Flowers in umbels on long slender unbranehed peduncles clustered at ends of leafy shoots; petals emarginate; anthers united in a ring around style …. 6. Amblyanthus
+ Flowers in axillary and terminal racemes or panicles, or in umbels but these solitary or with conspicuous bracts; petals acute or obtuse, not emarginate; anthers free …. 6
6. Flowers unisexual in axillary racemes or widely-branched terminal or axillary panicles with flowers arranged racemosely; petals 1.4-3mm ….. 4. Embelia

+ Flowers bisexual in peduncled umbels or in terminal or axillary panicles with flowers i clustered on branches; petals 3-1 lmm …. 5. Ardisia


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Introduction to Taxonomy of Angiosperms By Verma, Verma B. K.- Details


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Our next episode in June is expected to be another exciting display of members from families Plumbaginaceae, Primulaceae and Myrsinaceae, with so many beautiful Primula species in the Himalayas. Members are requested to organize their photographs for upload during the fortnight, from June 1 to 14.
Please do keep a uniform subject line for your uploads, and also indicate your serial number at the end of each subject line.
I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY EXPERT VOLUNTEERING TO COORDINATE THIS INTERESTING EPISODE. 

Thanks, … Myrsinacea​e is now under Primulacea​e.
In case, no expert coming forward, we may request …, to coordinate the episode though we are aware that he is very busy with very little time to spare.
I have already updated genera pages of these families in anticipation with lot of good material thrown in, which should help the members in their quest of correct Id.
Details as below (On clicking on genera pages one can see most of the species found in India with details, photos, keys etc.):
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Genera under ‎Primulaceae (including genera earlier under Myrsinacea​e) with details:
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Thanks a lot .. for useful information. Yes it would be very helpful if … is able to spare some time for this episode.


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Myrsinaceae now included in Primulaceae
Trees and shrubs of warm temperate, tropical and sub tropical zones.
Leaves simple leathery, alternate, dotted withglands or with conspicuous resin ducts. Flowers small born in clusters. Sepals and petals 4-6, each whorl fused by their bases. Stamens equal to petals. Fruit a fleshy drupe.

Genera in BSI Mah.
Aegiceros

Ardisia
Embelia
Maesa
Myrsine


I would like to tell (I may be wrong) that out of the genera listed here, perhaps we have only two represented in Western Himalayas and Northern India..
Myrsine and Maesa..
Experts may correct me ..


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Some basic information: Primulaceae. Primula family

Cosmopolitan family of herbaceous plants. Main conc. in north temperate zone.

Leaves commonly in rosette, entire, often bearing simple or compound glandular hairs. Flowers often born on leafless stems, or scapes, solitary or in umbel or clusters.Sepals 5 fused in a tube with teeth. 5 petals fused in small or long corolla tube with 5 spreading or sometimes reflexed lobes; stamens 5 fused to corolla tube. Ovary of 5 carpels. Fruit 5 valved capsule.

Species from BSI Mah.

Anagallis arvensis

Anagallis pumila

Genera from FOH
Androsace: Many sp.
Primula: Many sp.

Thanks …  This family is well represented in Himalayas..


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Primulaceae :  1 post by 1 author.

I have updated all eFI (efloraofindia) genera pages on Primulaceae.

Attempts have been made to incorporate most of the species available in India & nearby areas with details & keys directly or through links as far as possible. It’s quite possible that there may be some discrepancy in the accepted names & synonyms taken from other links.

Species discussed so far in efloraofindia are given at the bottom of the genera pages in the form of links against Subpages. On clicking them one can see all the details.

Any comments/ corrections are welcome.


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Species, genus & family pages of‎‎‎‎ Primulaceae‎‎‎ are now with comparative images:
Species, genus & family pages of‎‎‎‎ Primulaceae‎‎‎ are now with comparative images. On clicking the link of species, one can check the complete details. Genus pages generally give details of most of the species found in India.
May I request you to pl. go through & point out mistakes, if any. I hope this will aid in identification in future. If anybody can send images of other species of this family (for incorporation in the website), if any, or can identify unidentified/ wrongly identified images, it will be really nice.


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