形態特徵
多年生，全株無粉，被多細胞毛：葉邊緣呈淺波狀或掌狀分裂，基部心形或圓形，具長柄；花序傘形，稀為總狀；花異型，稀同型；花萼窄鍾狀至筒狀，近革質，具多數縱脈。蒴果近球形或卵狀長圓形，瓣裂。
組的模式種: Primula cortusoides L.
種群現狀
1.蔓莖報春Primula alsophila Balf.f. & Farrer
2.灰綠報春Primula cinerascens Franch.
3.滇藏掌葉報春Primula geraniifolia Hook.f.
4.寶興掌葉報春Primula heucherifolia Franch.
5.寬裂掌葉報春Primula latisecta W. W. Sm.
6.腎葉報春Primula loeseneri Kitag.
7.灰毛報春Primula mollis Nutt. ex Hook.
8.保康報春Primula neurocalyx Franch.
9.掌葉報春Primula palmata Hand.-Mazz.
10.總序報春Primula pauliana W. W. Sm. & Forrest
會理報春（變種）Primula pauliana W. W. Sm. & Forrest var. huiliensis C. M. Hu
總序報春（原變種）Primula pauliana W. W. Sm. & Forrest var. pauliana
11.多脈報春Primula polyneura Franch.
12.岩生報春Primula saxatilis Kom.
13.七指報春Primula septemloba Franch.
小七指報春（變種）Primula septemloba Franch. var. minor Kingdon-Ward
七指報春（原變種）Primula septemloba Franch. var. septemloba
14.櫻草Primula sieboldii E. Morren
15.華柔毛報春Primula sinomollis Balf.f. & Forrest
16.鞘柄掌葉報春Primula vaginata Watt
圓葉報春（亞種）Primula vaginata Watt subsp. eucyclia (W. W. Sm. & Forrest) F. H. Chen & C. M. Hu
短梗鞘柄報春（亞種）Primula vaginata Watt subsp. normaniana (Kingdon-Ward) F. H. Chen & C. M. Hu
鞘柄掌葉報春（原亞種）Primula vaginata Watt subsp. vaginata
17.堇菜報春Primula violaris W. W. Sm. & H. R. Fletcher
