Anemonastrum

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Anemonastrum
Anemonastrum narcissiflorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Subfamily: Ranunculoideae
Tribe: Anemoneae
Genus: Anemonastrum
Holub[1]
Species

See text

Synonyms[2]
  • Anemonidium (Spach) Holub
  • Homalocarpus Schur
  • Jurtsevia Á.Löve & D.Löve

Anemonastrum is a

native to the temperate and subarctic regions of North America, Greenland, Europe, Asia, South America, and New Zealand.[2] The generic name Anemonastrum means "somewhat like anemone",[3] a reference to the Anemone genus of closely related plants. It chiefly differs from Anemone in having a base chromosome number of x=7, as opposed to x=8.[4]

Species

As of August 2020[update], Kew's Plants of the World Online accepts 38 species in the genus Anemonastrum:[2]

References

  1. ^ Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 8: 158 (1973)
  2. ^ a b c "Anemonastrum Holub". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
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