Order Primulales

Order Primulales

Order Primulales has three Families with about 1900 species. One family (Myrsinaceae) includes some of the species of Mangrove that grow in shallow salty water. Many attractive garden flowers are members of the Primrose Family (Primulaceae). In this Order, the flowers have a distinctive structure with stamens attached opposite the middle of each petal instead of being lined up with the spaces between the petals as they are in most flowers that have 5 petals. [CH] {EN}