| higher taxa | Primulaceae Primuleae |
| vernacular names | |
| epithet | harrissii |
| etymology | from Harriss; |
| etymology | latinisation of the ancient Greek plantname androsakes which is derived from aner (andros), man; sakos, shield, man-shield. The name, which application is unknown was arbitrary transfered by Linnaeus to the present genus. (Backer) |
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| protologue | Rec. Bot. Surv. India 1: 161 (1898) |