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Primulaceae

Annual or perennial. Flowers bisexual, actinomorphic, often heterostylic, 5-merous. Petals united below, forming a rotate, campanulate or funnel-shaped corolla. Stamens inserted on the petal tube, opposite its lobes. Ovary superior, perigynous or inferior, 1-locular, with free-central placentation; style simple; ovules numerous; fruit a dehiscent capsule.

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