Theophrasta

{{Short description|Genus of Primulaceae plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Theophrasta jussieui - Naples Botanical Garden - Naples, Florida - DSC09930.jpg

|image_caption = Theophrasta jussieui at the Naples Botanical Garden

|display_parents = 2

|taxon = Theophrasta

|authority = L.Sp. Pl.: 149 (1753)

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision = See text

|synonyms =

|type_species = Theophrasta americana

|type_species_authority = L.

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Theophrasta is a genus of flowering plants in the family Primulaceae, native to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. Named in honor of the naturalist Theophrastus, they are occasionally kept as ornamentals in greenhouses.{{cite book |last1=Bailey |first1=Liberty Hyde |last2=Miller |first2=Wilhelm |date=1906 |title=Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation of Horticultural Plants, Descriptions of the Species of Fruits, Vegetables, Flowers and Ornamental Plants Sold in the United States and Canada, Together with Geographical and Biographical Sketches, and a Synopsis of the Vegetable Kingdom |publisher=Doubleday, Page & Company |volume= VI |page=1794 }}