岩报春组——Sect. Dryadifolia Balf. f. in Journ. Roy. Hort. Soc. 39:16. 5 1931; W. W. Smith et Forr. in Not. Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 16: 22. 1928; W. W. Smith et Fletcher in Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinb. 34: 135. 1944: Wendelbo in Arb. Univ. Math.-Nat. Ser. Bergen 11: 38. 1961.
常绿灌木状小草本,被粉或无粉,具木质伸长的根状茎,常形成垫状密丛。叶稍硬或近革质,无毛,卵形至近圆形,边缘外卷,具小圆齿或分裂;叶柄具宽翅,下部常扩大成鞘状。花单生,或2-5朵生于花葶端,无梗或近于无梗;苞片显著;花异型;花萼钟状;花冠漏斗状,少数种类喉部具球状毛丛。蒴果角质,卵圆形,约与花萼等长。
组的模式种:石岩报春Primula dryadifolia Franch.
石岩报春 Primula dryadifolia Franch.
三裂叶报春 Primula triloba Balf. f. et Forr.
丛毛岩报春 Primula tsongpenii Fletcher
长管垂花报春Primula sherriffiae W. W. Smith
粉报春组Sect. Aleuritia Duby
紫晶报春组Sect. Amethyatina Balf. f.
藏报春组Sect. Auganthus (Linl) Pax ex Balf. f.
皱叶报春组Sect. Bullatae Pax
头花报春组Sect. Capitatae Pax
倒卵叶报春组Sect. Carolinella (Hemsl.) Pax
圆叶报春组Sect. Cordifoliae Pax
指叶报春组Sect. Cortusoides Balf. f.
雪山报春组Sect. Crystallophlomis Rupr.
球花报春组Sect. Denticulata Watt
岩报春组Sect. Dryadifoiia Balf. f.
葵叶报春组Sect. Malvacea half. f.
高峰报春组Sect. Minutissimae Pax
报春花组Sect. Monocarpicae Franch. ex Pax
穗花报春组Sect. Muscarioides Balf. f.
鄂报春组Sect. Obconicolisteri Balf. f.
脆蒴报春组Sect. Petiolares Pax
欧报春组Sect. Primtula
灯台报春组Sect. Proliferae Pax
密裂报春组Sect. Pycnoloba Balf. f.
毛莨叶报春组Sect. Ranunculoides Chen et C. M. Hu
钟花报春组Sect. Sikkimensis Balf. f.
垂花报春组Sect. Soldanelloides Pax
缺裂报春组Sect. Souliei Balf. f. ex W. W. Smith et Forr.