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Anemone Linnaeus. Subfamily: Ranunculoideae. Tribe: Anemoneae. Anemone.
A genus of about 140-200 species (depending on circumscription), perennial herbs (rarely shrubs), of Eurasia, North America, Central America, South America, and Africa. The infrageneric classification shown in the key is that of Hoot, Meyer, & Manning (2012); all our members are in their section Anemone, but differ in subsection and series.
Ref: Dutton & Keener (1994); Dutton, Keener, & Ford (1997) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (1997); Ehrendorfer et al. (2009); Hoot, Meyer, & Manning (2012); Hoot, Reznicek, & Palmer (1994); Jiang et al. (2017); Keener, Dix, & Dutton (1996); Mlinarec et al. (2011); Mosyakin (2016); Mosyakin (2018); Tamura In Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993); Ziman et al. (2004). Show full citations.
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© Keith Bradley | Anemone virginiana var. virginiana | Original Image ⭷
© Mike Kunz | Anemone berlandieri | Original Image ⭷
© Gary P. Fleming | Anemone lancifolia | Original Image ⭷
© Alan M. Cressler | Anemone caroliniana | Original Image ⭷Feedback
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