Anemone L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 538 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. & Subtropical.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Russia, Chile Central, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, DR Congo, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, Florida, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Juan Fernández Is., Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., Labrador, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Louisiana, Magadan, Maine, Malaya, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Myanmar, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, NW. Balkan Pen., Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Sicilia, Sinai, Somalia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Sudan-South Sudan, Sumatera, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Türkey, Türkey-in-Europe, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, Yukon

Introduced into:

New Zealand South, Réunion

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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PAFTOL

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2016). https://doi.org/10.1111/boj.12477. epublication.
  • Ehrendorfer, F., Ziman, S.N., König, C., Keener, C.S., Dutton, B.E., Tsarenko, O.N., Bulakh, E.V., Boscaiu, M., Médial, F. & Kästner, A. (2009). Taxonomic revision, phylogenetics and transcontinental distribution of Anemone section Anemone (Ranunculaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 160: 312-354.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Manning, J.C. & Goldblatt, P. (2013). A taxonomic review of the dry-fruited species of Anemone (Ranunculaceae) in southern Africa. Bothalia, A Journal of Botanical Research 43: 1-13.
  • Mosyakin, S.L. (2016). Nomenclatural notes on North American taxa of Anemonastrum and Pulsatilla (Ranunculaceae), with comments on the circumscription of Anemone and related genera. Phytoneuron 2016-79: 1-12.
  • Mosyakin, S.L. (2018). Further new combinations in Anemonastrum (Ranunculaceae) for Asian and North American taxa. Phytoneuron 2018-55: 1-11.
  • Xiang, K.L. & al. (2024). Molecular phylogeny of Anemone (Ranunculaceae), with special emphasis on the origin of alpine species. Taxon https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.13297.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Gen. Pl., ed. 5, 241 (1754)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Wilson, E.H. [3047] China K000692086 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lyall, D. [s.n.] Canada K000692124 Unknown Type Material Yes
Govan, G. [Cat. no. 4688] India K001039701 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4696] Nepal K001039714 Unknown Type Material Yes
Goaty, F.; Pons, A. [s.n.] France K000692043 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000692128 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 4698] K001039717 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000692057 Unknown Type Material Yes
Norton, E.F. [?] [84] China K003268907 Yes
Valdés-Bermajo, E.; Castroviejo, S.; López, G.; Fe, J. [4270] Spain K001905367 No
Fischer, F.E.L. [s.n.] K000692049 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hobson, H.E. [s.n.] K000692114 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 4697] India K001039716 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [21167] Laos K000498986 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [21167] Laos K000498985 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000692126 Unknown Type Material Yes
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 4688] India K001039702 Unknown Type Material Yes
Potanin, G.N. [s.n.] China K000692075 Unknown Type Material Yes
Scouler, J. [s.n.] Canada K000692143 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gouan, A. [27] K000692050 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fletcher, Y. [s.n.] Canada K000692127 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K000692142 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 4697] India K001039715 Unknown Type Material Yes
Delavay, P.J.M. [154] China K000692080 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [s.n.] India K000692165 Type Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4692] Nepal K001039708 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000692042 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K000692095 Type Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
  • Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China

    • The Malesian Key Group (2010) Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China (Version 2.0, 28 Jul 2010) The Nationaal Herbarium Nederland Leiden and The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images