形态特征
多年生,全株无粉,被多细胞毛:叶边缘呈浅波状或掌状分裂,基部心形或圆形,具长柄;花序伞形,稀为总状;花异型,稀同型;花萼窄钟状至筒状,近革质,具多数纵脉。蒴果近球形或卵状长圆形,瓣裂。
组的模式种: Primula cortusoides L.
种群现状
1.蔓茎报春Primula alsophila Balf.f. & Farrer
2.灰绿报春Primula cinerascens Franch.
3.滇藏掌叶报春Primula geraniifolia Hook.f.
4.宝兴掌叶报春Primula heucherifolia Franch.
5.宽裂掌叶报春Primula latisecta W. W. Sm.
6.肾叶报春Primula loeseneri Kitag.
7.灰毛报春Primula mollis Nutt. ex Hook.
8.保康报春Primula neurocalyx Franch.
9.掌叶报春Primula palmata Hand.-Mazz.
10.总序报春Primula pauliana W. W. Sm. & Forrest
会理报春(变种)Primula pauliana W. W. Sm. & Forrest var. huiliensis C. M. Hu
总序报春(原变种)Primula pauliana W. W. Sm. & Forrest var. pauliana
11.多脉报春Primula polyneura Franch.
12.岩生报春Primula saxatilis Kom.
13.七指报春Primula septemloba Franch.
小七指报春(变种)Primula septemloba Franch. var. minor Kingdon-Ward
七指报春(原变种)Primula septemloba Franch. var. septemloba
14.樱草Primula sieboldii E. Morren
15.华柔毛报春Primula sinomollis Balf.f. & Forrest
16.鞘柄掌叶报春Primula vaginata Watt
圆叶报春(亚种)Primula vaginata Watt subsp. eucyclia (W. W. Sm. & Forrest) F. H. Chen & C. M. Hu
短梗鞘柄报春(亚种)Primula vaginata Watt subsp. normaniana (Kingdon-Ward) F. H. Chen & C. M. Hu
鞘柄掌叶报春(原亚种)Primula vaginata Watt subsp. vaginata
17.堇菜报春Primula violaris W. W. Sm. & H. R. Fletcher