Anemonastrum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae. Plants of the genus are 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, 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.
  3. ^ Gledhill, David (2008). The Names of Plants (4th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3.
  4. ^ Mosyakin, Sergei L. (12 December 2016). "Nomenclatural notes on North American taxa of Anemonastrum and Pulsatilla (Ranunculaceae), with comments on the circumscription of Anemone and related genera" (PDF). Phytoneuron. 79 (1): 1–12. ISSN 2153-733X. Retrieved 8 August 2020.